BYU STUDIES Volume 46 Issue 2 2007

BYU Studies volume 46, number 2, is a special issue on Mormons and film. “A History of Mormon Cinema,” a major article by Randy Astle and Gideon Burton, tells the history of Mormon interaction with film from 1905 to 2007. They discuss portrayals of Mormons in film (both positive and negative), Mormons in the film industry, the use of film by the institutional Church, and independent Mormon films. They situate hundreds of Mormon films in five identifiable eras, or “waves.” James d’Arc examin...