Constantine's Sword
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Oren Jacoby
Eli Wallach
Philip Bosco
Natasha Richardson
James Carroll
Liev Schreiber
Film Details
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Synopsis
Acclaimed author and former priest James Carroll, a National Book Award winner and columnist for the Boston Globe, is a practicing Catholic whose search for the truth leads him to confront persecution and violence in the name of God--today and in the Church's past. He discovers a terrible legacy that reverberates across the centuries--from the Emperor Constantine's vision of the cross as a sword and symbol of power, to the rise of genocidal anti-Semitism, to modern-day wars and conflicts sparked by religious extremism. Carroll journeys both into his own past--where he comes to terms with his father's role as a three-star General in the U.S. Air Force preparing for nuclear war--and into the wider world, where he uncovers evidence of church-sanctioned violence against Jews, Muslims, and others. Visiting the Air Force Academy, he and Jacoby expose how some evangelical Christians are proselytizing inside our country's armed forces and reveal the dangerous consequences of religious influence on American foreign policy.
Director
Oren Jacoby
Crew
James Carroll
James Carroll
James Carroll
Donald Cutler
Richard Fairbanks
Leslie Friedman
Charlotte Gladstone
Joel Goodman
Kate Hirson
Oren Jacoby
Oren Jacoby
Edward L O'connor
Brian Oakes
Bob Richman
Elgin Smith
Michael Solomon
Betsy West
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Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 2007
Released in United States April 25, 2008
Released in United States on Video September 16, 2008
Released in United States Spring April 18, 2008
Shown at the Los Angeles Film Festival (Documentary Competition) June 21-July 21, 2007.
Based on the book "Constantine's Sword: The Church and the Jews--A History" by James Carroll; published by Mariner Books in 1980.
Released in United States 2007 (Shown at the Los Angeles Film Festival (Documentary Competition) June 21-July 21, 2007.)
Released in United States Spring April 18, 2008 (NY)
Released in United States April 25, 2008 (Los Angeles)
Released in United States on Video September 16, 2008
