Ed Meza @edmezavarThe Bible, according to Milo Rau, “is a book about a guy losing his fight against state power,” but who ultimately prevails by establishing a movement.
It is that struggle that he depicts in his new film, “The New Gospel.”The documentary project is a kind of political Passion Play in which Cameroonian activist Yvan Sagnet portrays a Jesus who leads a revolt for the rights of migrants who have been forced to flee their homelands and cross the Mediterranean only to be “enslaved” on the agricultural fields of southern Italy.The film, which premieres in Venice Days, is part of Rau’s “Trilogy of Ancient Myths” that began with “Orestes in Mosul” and concludes next year with “Antigone in the Amazon.” Thematically, “The New.
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