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First Passion
 
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The first cinematic depiction of the life of Jesus, Sidney Olcott's 1912 film FROM THE MANGER TO THE CROSS is the only movie ever shot in the places described by the New Testament. The fourth feature-length film release in the history of cinema, it was a great commercial success. Nevertheless, it has been largely forgotten by history.
In FIRST PASSION, documentarian Philippe Baron follows in the footsteps of this little known film director. He tracks the production of Olcott's epic from the filming in Palestine in to its release in New York. By re-examining this curious and fascinating cinematic artifact, Baron brings viewers back to the beginnings of cinema, examining the relationship between documentary and fiction, between director and crew, and betweem cinema and religion.
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Main credits
								Baron, Philippe (film director)
Baron, Philippe (screenwriter)
Baron, Philippe (narrator)
Jaffrennou, Sabine (film producer)
Angebault, Aurélie (film producer)
Le Gall, Fred (film producer)
							
Other credits
Image, Philippe Elusse [and 3 others]; montage, Stéphanie Langlois; musique originale, Yan Volsy.
Distributor subjects
Christianity; Cinema Studies; Film History; Media Studies; Middle East; Streaming onlyKeywords
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 From the Manger to the Cross
 
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 links 19 centuries of Religious art and 100
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