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Middletown

Community of Praise

59m

Directed by Richard Leacock and Marisa Silver • Documentary • 1982 • 60 minutes

Part of the acclaimed Middletown series.

COMMUNITY OF PRAISE examines faith at work in the lives of a family. Their fundamentalist beliefs shape their encounters with the emergencies and the ordinary problems of daily life.

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