Good People Go to Hell: An interview with filmmaker Holly Hardman
 

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Holly Hardman's new documentary film*Good People Go to Hell, Saved People Go to Heaven*takes as its subject the everyday lives of Louisianans coping with the impending end of the world. Without commentary or an obvious agenda, Hardman gives us blue-collar, mostly white, mostly West- and North-Louisiana folks trying to rebuild their own lives between disasters (Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Isaac) while spreading the word of an impending, scripturally guaranteed mega-disaster that only the souls of the saved can survive.

The overall approach is impressionistic, a pastiche of moments and interactions.? [ Read more ]

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