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Last updated on: August 5, 2011 at 3:10 pm by Patton Dodd

This Fall in Religion and Film… 2011-08-05T15:10:05-04:00 Patton Dodd

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…is filled with promise, as some of the films with explicit religious themes that played at Sundance in January start making their way into theaters and homes.

As a couple of the trailers below show, however, some promises are made to be broken. (Not all, though–Vera Farmiga, in particular, appears to have made something special.)

Here’s the religion and film landscape ahead:

HIGHER GROUND

MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE

RED STATE

SENNA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrbJPsPtTyU

THE LEDGE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZFX7C1a94U

SALVATION BOULEVARD

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