HUIE’S SERMON

Werner Herzog (NOSFERATU THE VAMPYRE) started off the 1980s by exploring the complex nature of American religion, first through televangelism in GOD’S ANGRY MAN, then the spiritual power of a charismatic pastor in his rich and observational HUIE’S SERMON. A filmed performance of Brooklyn pastor Rev. Huie Rogers’s sermon to his parish, Herzog examines the relationship between a congregation and its leader as Rogers uses his charisma and confidence to promote increasingly thorny dogma. A well-poised question mark towards the responsibilities of belief, HUIE’S SERMON is powerful documentary filmmaking from a titan of the medium.