Real to Reel: Ten Classics in Humanist Cinema (Cover Story) (List)
The Humanist 2011, July-August, 71, 4
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UNIVERSAL CITY, CA -- Cameras were flashing February 18, 2011, as men and women in elegant tuxedos and beautiful gowns rose to accept their awards for last year's crop of films. No, it wasn't the Academy Awards. It was the 19th Annual Movieguide Faith & Values Awards Gala, the self-described "Christian Oscars." Each year some of Hollywood's brightest stars are on hand to witness the John Templeton Foundation's awarding of $100,000 to the film that best "increases man's love and understanding of God." (Although, identifying host Kevin Sorbo and presenters Nadia Bjorlin and Eric Martsolf from Days of Our Lives as bright stars might be pushing it.) So, why don't humanists have their own film awards? A festival for the rest of us, if you will. How does one clearly define a motion picture genre as humanist? What exactly is a humanist film?