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Group film study for Christian adults on the movie Slumdog Millionaire exploring ■topics of repentance, love, and redemption.
Slumdog Millionaire
Publication Date:
7/28/2009
Pages:
0
Session(s)
1
Product Type:
Internet Download
Adult Study, Adult Study
Product Number:
TC0377

What does it mean to be righteous? Can a single act of justice erase a lifetime of harm? In the impoverished, violent setting of the slums of Mumbai, India, there might just be room for redemption for the trio of characters that form the heart of this global "fairy tale."

The entertaining exterior of Slumdog Millionaire--impoverished "slumdog" rises from rags to riches to win love!--has sparked both criticism and praise in international film circles for its portrayal of urban Indian life, and won Academy Awards for its storytelling. This one-session study helps groups move beyond the vivid, dramatic exterior of the film to discover the complexity of issues surrounding poverty, violence, and repentance that dwell at the core of the characters' lives. Pulling from biblical materials and concepts, this study directs group conversation to explore the deeper themes in this popular film.

Greg Garrettis the author of We Get to Carry Each Other: The Gospel according to U2; Stories from the Edge: A Theology of Grief; The Gospel according to Hollywood; and Holy Superheroes!: Exploring the Sacred in Comics, Graphic Novels, and Film.He is a novelist, a professor of English at Baylor University, writer-in-residence at the Episcopal Seminary of the Southwest, and a licensed lay preacher in the Episcopal Church.


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