Nobody Knows: The Untold Story of Black Mormons — a documentary created by Margaret Young and Darius Gray will be broadcast on the Documentary Channel this Tuesday, February 20th. Nobody Knows chronicles some of the stories of early black Latter-Day Saints (including Elijah Abel, the first black priesthood holder, ordained in 1836) and addresses some of the hard issues raised by the black LDS priesthood ban instituted in Brigham Young’s time until rescinded in 1978.
Nobody Knows (official site, my review) is highly recommended for anyone who is interested in learning more about a little-known but significant area of LDS history, and hearing the testimonies of many faithful black LDS today.
Less significant, but still noteworthy: Unicorn City, a local film about gamer geeks creating a role-playing utopia out in the wilderness will have a small, local release in Utah theaters this Friday, February 24th. My favorite film out of the LDS Film Festival this year, Unicorn City isn’t deep by any means, but is a lot of fun and accessible even for those who don’t know what LARP or MMORPG means. It’s well-written and well-produced — worth checking out even if you’re skeptical about the quality of recent local films.
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