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''Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus'' is a 2003
documentary film A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a historical record". Bill Nichols has characterized the documentary in te ...
about the American South starring Jim White. Commissioned by the
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, it documents the intersection of
country music Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...
and
Christianity in the United States Christianity is the most prevalent religion in the United States. Estimates from 2021 suggest that of the entire US population (332 million) about 63% is Christian (210 million). The majority of Christian Americans are Protestant Christians (1 ...
. It was inspired by White's similarly titled album '' The Mysterious Tale of How I Shouted Wrong-Eyed Jesus''. The film was directed and photographed by Andrew Douglas, written by Steve Haisman, and edited by Michael Elliot. It was executive-produced by Steve Golin and Anthony Wall, and features the music of Jim White,
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, David Eugene Edwards of
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, Rev. Gary Howlington, The Singing Hall Sisters,
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, Melissa Swingle and Lee Sexton. It also features the author
Harry Crews Harry Eugene Crews (June 7, 1935 – March 28, 2012) was an American novelist, short story writer, and essayist. He often made use of violent, grotesque characters and set them in regions of the Deep South. Life Harry Crews was born June 7, 1 ...
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Music


Jim White Presents: Music from ''Searching For the Wrong-Eyed Jesus''

In 2005, an official soundtrack to the film was released, containing the following songs. ;Wrong Eyed Jesus Official Soundtrack


See also

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Southern Gothic Southern Gothic is an artistic subgenre of fiction, country music, film and television that are heavily influenced by Gothic elements and the American South. Common themes of Southern Gothic include storytelling of deeply flawed, disturbing or ...
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Americana Music Americana (also known as American roots music) is an amalgam of American music formed by the confluence of the shared and varied traditions that make up the musical ethos of the United States, specifically those sounds that are emerged from the ...


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