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Messiah 1999 Directed by William Klein

Filmmaker William Klein takes on Handel’s Messiah and has created a concert film that mixes the sacred with the profane. Performed in its entirety, the oratorio provides a narrative of Christ’s nativity, passion and resurrection juxtaposed against images of absurdities and abuses against the human species across the world. The film reveals a wide array of worshippers from the Bodybuilders of Christ to the Lavender Light Gay and Lesbian Interracial Choir to the Dallas police choir.

Country USA
Production Country USA
Language English
Gneres Documentary , Music
Production Companies France 2 Cinéma , Kuiv Productions
Release Date 17 December 1999
117 mins