Mission Control Texas
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Mission Control Texas |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2015 |
| length | 85 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Ralf Bücheler |
| script | Ralf Bücheler |
| production | Ingo Fliess |
| camera | Stefan Linn |
| cut | Ralf Bücheler |
Mission Control Texas is a German documentary film directed by Ralf Bücheler in 2015 . It shows the work of an atheist call-in broadcast in the USA Bible Belt .
content
In the middle of the strongly religious south of the USA, in Austin , a group of idealistic enlightenment thinkers meets every Sunday and discusses with their devout people on the TV show The Atheist Experience . Matt Dillahunty , one of the hosts of the internet and cable TV show, relentlessly questions the internalized religious dogmas of his callers. He even drives one of them to reveal himself live on the show as a slavery advocate, as he is not prepared to contradict the Bible on this point. Dillahunty repeatedly throws callers off the line if they are unfazed by rational arguments.
In addition to the small atheist community, Mission Control Texas documents bizarre church services, a rodeo, miraculous healing and the giving of food to the poor. Everything is accompanied by prayers, religiosity seems to be omnipresent. Nevertheless, one complains in a tea party meeting about a lack of religious freedom in politics - whereby it is by no means about the freedom of all religions, but only about that of Christianity.
A caller asks the atheists whether there are any among them who do more harm than good to the free thinker movement through their behavior. Dillahunty understands the hidden criticism of his often gruff manner: “I have no problem with either diplomats or firebrands involved in the discussions surrounding this movement. I think, we need both, because I think, some people kind of need to be shocked into trying to challenge us. " (German: "I have nothing against diplomats or inciters in this discussion. We need both, because we have to shock some so that they can deal with us.")
production
Was produced Mission Control Texas by Ingo Fliess (if ... Productions) in co-production with the University of Television and Film Munich and the television station 3sat . The film was also funded by the FilmFernsehFonds Bayern with 30,000 euros.
Director Ralf Bücheler decided on a purely observational approach without interviews and off-speakers .
Awards
Mission Control Texas premiered at the Max Ophüls Preis 2015 film festival , where it received a nomination for the best documentary film category. On June 14, 2015, the first broadcast on German-speaking television on 3Sat. A few days later he won the FFF sponsorship award at DOK.fest Munich 2015 .
Web links
- Texas Mission Control in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Mission Control Texas at filmportal.de
- Harald Keller: The God Denier from the Citizens' Channel In: Media Correspondence from June 14, 2015
- Nikolaus von Festenberg: God's War in the Bible Belt In: Der Tagesspiegel from June 13, 2015
Individual evidence
- ↑ DocCollection: View MISSION CONTROL TEXAS by Ralf Bücheler online | Vimeo On Demand. July 19, 2016, accessed March 23, 2020 .
- ↑ Mission Control Texas - Film Detail - HFF Munich. Retrieved March 23, 2020 .
- ^ Mission Control Texas, Documentary, 2013-2014 | Crew United. Retrieved March 23, 2020 .
- ↑ MISSION CONTROL TEXAS | Film Festival Max Ophüls Prize. Retrieved March 23, 2020 .
- ^ Program ARD de-ARD Play-Out-Center Potsdam, Potsdam Germany: Mission Control Texas. Retrieved March 23, 2020 .
- ^ FFF documentary film sponsorship award to Ralf Bücheler for "Mission Control Texas". Retrieved March 23, 2020 .