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Huie's Sermon (1983)

Genre : Documentary

Runtime : 42M

Director : Werner Herzog

Synopsis

Reverend Huie Rogers is a preacher at the Bible Way Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ in Brooklyn. He is the topic of this short film, during which launches into an epic call-and-response denunciation of human hubris, greed, corruption and failure. The use of lengthy shots present it less like a sermon and more a performance, and induce an almost trance-like state.

Actors

Huie Rogers
Huie Rogers
Himself

Crews

Werner Herzog
Werner Herzog
Director
Edward Lachman
Edward Lachman
Camera Operator
Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus
Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus
Editor
Walter Saxer
Walter Saxer
Sound
Richard Cybulski
Richard Cybulski
Production Manager
Thomas Mauch
Thomas Mauch
Director of Photography

Posters and backgrounds

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