Queers in the Kingdom: Let Your Light Shine

2014

1h 14m

Documentary

History

Drama

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78%

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Fewer than 50 Ratings

A group of LGBTQ alumni and allies from Wheaton College makes itself visible on campus but faces the fear of being expelled.

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J. R. Jones

Chicago Reader

What might have become a penetrating social documentary settles instead at the level of a pride exercise.

Sep 18, 2014

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I was lucky enough to view this at the Sedona International Film Festival. The director of the film was there and it was enjoyable to hear her give the background of the film. Regarding the film, I thought the interview closeups were beautiful and I liked what they did with the fonts in the captions. The rhythm of the movie as a whole seemed to drag a little in the first half but picked up in the second half. For the most part, I think the movie raised one's consciousness about how difficult it can be to be gay in a Christian college, and the empowerment of forging a community.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/19/23

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An honest and moving portrait of the struggles LGBTQ people have experienced at Wheaton College.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/07/23

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Excellent documentary about about LGBTQ survivors of conservative Christian colleges, using Wheaton as the primary backdrop. These schools not only discriminate against their LGBTQ students, they tend to act as if these emerging support groups do not even exist. The wonderful group One Wheaton was the focus of this documentary, but there are many other such groups from schools like Bob Jones University, Baylor, Gordon, Biola, George Fox and many, many more. These groups exist to provide support for students past and former who are often in great need. This support is manifest in many ways, not just chatting on Facebook or meeting up for social parties - still both great ways for people to interact and provide one another with hope and encouragement. For example, these groups may raise money for therapy for individuals, provide them with housing when their parents kick them out - or when they're kicked out of these schools - and they sometimes even intervene in suicide attempts. I work with these groups and attended BJU. I know from first-hand experience - as do any of the people portrayed in the documentary - that these schools are almost always unwilling to participate in documentaries like this because they simply do not want to engage in dialogue and communicate with their LGBTQ students and alumni or even admit they exist. That's why you did see them responding in this documentary.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/20/23

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Markie Hancock

Director

Randall Balmer

Actor

Anthea Butler

Actor

Hank Chen

Actor

Markie Hancock

Writer

Kathryn Gregorio

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Synopsis

A group of LGBTQ alumni and allies from Wheaton College makes itself visible on campus but faces the fear of being expelled.

Director: Markie Hancock
Screenwriter: Markie Hancock
Genre: Documentary, History, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 3, 2019
Runtime: 1h 14m

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