Believer
Believer
PG | 20 January 2017 (USA)
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Imagine Dragons’ Mormon frontman Dan Reynolds is taking on a new mission to explore how the church treats its LGBTQ members. With the rising suicide rate amongst teens in the state of Utah, his concern with the church’s policies sends him on an unexpected path for acceptance and change.

Reviews
kcpidgeon

It may sound ridiculous but I was really touched by Dan and Aja and their love and willingness to bring awareness and respect for the LGBTQ to the state of Utah and the Mormon faith.I'm not really an Imagine Dragons fan and had never heard of Aja before watching this documentary but I heard a lot of buzz about it so I dove in. Well put together documentary and Dan and Aja seemed really in love with each other and their cause. Seemed heartfelt through everything they did and said. And have such a nice family with three adorable young daughters. I googled Dan and Aja after I watched the documentary, it was said to see they filed for divorce so soon after the filming of this documentary wrapped up filming. I really hope their beliefs in their cause to help the LBGTQ community aren't a sham like apparently the view of their marriage was.

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ekubart

Does the world forget what the Bible and Quran actually say? Maybe you should all read it again and this time instead of twisting the words to what you want them to say how about take them at face value. Help your kids understand what wrong with their feelings etc.. instead of incuraging them to do something that is so easily and openly explained to be wrong in the Bible and the Quran.

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GrammarMatters

I was really impressed by much of this documentary, and liked the bits of music clips, and felt moved by the pain of those who have been attacked by the Mormon religious faith - but I felt more and more during the movie, and especially at the end when they were showing clips from the actual concert that was done, that this movie is still just trying to push the Mormon 'belief' and all the stupidity and idiocy this religion entails.I felt like screaming at the screen as the film went on, especially at the end: "How the HECK can you continue to believe in a religion that has caused the death by suicide of hundreds of its followers?" How can anybody believe that a little man up in the sky actually cares about them when the leaders of the Mormon faith continue to push hate and bigotry and push so many Mormon teenagers to kill themselves.The movie points out that the number ONE cause of death of Mormon teenagers is suicide! How could there be a god who would accept this?This movie made me want to grab the next gay Mormon I might see and shake them and yell: "Snap out of it!" and try to explain to them that they've been brainwashed ....But what can you expect from a group of people who spend so much of their time going around knocking on the doors of people and bugging them and trying to push their strange view of the world on other people.It's time to boycott Mormon businesses. I will no longer buy any products from the photography parts company that moved to Utah from California. Some of you might know the company I mean. They are not really right. But one of the leaders of the company is one of those alt-right @$$*^%'s

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Sarahlikesfilms

What a beautiful piece! I caught this at Sundance and it absolutely was my favorite film of the weekend. It was incredibly courageous and such a necessary catalyst for change. Hopefully the Mormon leaders will see this film and feel a need to listen to the voices of the gay youth sitting in their very pews. I believe that this film will save lives. Our gay youth need to see this film and feel the much needed love and acceptance they deserve. My eyes were glued to the screen the entire time and my heart was broken but also given hope for a future of equality and acceptance. I have no idea how someone could watch this film and walk away with a negative view of it unless they were just searching for a reason to spew hate. I enjoyed listening to Reynolds interview on NPR recently and got further insight in to the reasoning behind the creation of this documentary and could feel his sense of passion and determination. We need more straight allies to shed light on our gay youth and the unfortunate situations they are often born in to due to religion and family situations.I'm looking forward to the film coming out on HBO to share it with my family and friends. Hopefully it will open up some of their conservative eyes and help them to see the sad truth of religious guilt upon our children.What a beautiful film!

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