Marketing the Messiah
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| Marketing the Messiah | |
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| File:Marketing the messiah.jpg Release poster | |
| Directed by | Cameron Reilly |
| Produced by | Torsten Hoffmann Darren Vukasinovic |
| Written by | Cameron Reilly |
| Starring | Cameron Reilly |
| Music by | Jofre Horta Antoniou |
| Edited by | Marcus Machen |
Production company | Deep Dive Documentaries |
| Distributed by | FanForce (Australia, event cinema) |
Release date |
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Running time | 103 minutes |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
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Marketing the Messiah is a 2020 Australian documentary film written and directed by Cameron Reilly. The film reconstructs the early formation, textual development, and diffusion of Christianity using interviews with twelve academic specialists in New Testament studies and ancient history, intercut with Renaissance art and animation. Reilly appears on camera as presenter. Initial screenings occurred via FanForce event cinema in March 2020, followed by digital release on FanForce TV and subsequent availability on additional platforms including Apple TV, Youtube, and Amazon Prime Video.[1][2][3][4]
Synopsis
The film presents a secular historiography of Christian origins oriented around philological and historical-critical scholarship. It foregrounds questions of authorship, dating, redactional layering, and the evolution of Christology in the New Testament corpus, with attention to tensions between Pauline communities and the Jerusalem apostles and to subsequent institutionalization in the Roman imperial milieu. The narrative frames these scholarly positions as the mainstream consensus in contemporary New Testament studies rather than confessional theology.[5]
Production
Reilly developed the project over four years and financed principal costs via a Kickstarter campaign supported by several hundred backers with nearly double its original goal raised. Production credits list Torsten Hoffmann (3DCH Media) and Darren Vukasinovic as producers, Spacecraft Publishing with Chris Twyford and Reilly as executive producers, Marcus Machen as editor, Alexander Dragan as animator, and Jofre Horta Antoniou as composer.[1][6] Reilly appears on camera as the film's presenter and conducted the interviews with twelve subject-matter specialists.[7]
Participants
The film features interviews with the following scholars and writers, credited in order of appearance on the official site.[1]
| Name | Credited Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Geoffrey Dunn | Honorary Research Associate, Department of Ancient Languages and Cultures, University of Pretoria |
| Michael Bird | Lecturer in Theology, Ridley College |
| Mark Goodacre | Department of Religious Studies, Duke University |
| Brent Landau | Senior Lecturer in Religious Studies, University of Texas at Austin |
| Chris Forbes | Senior Lecturer, Department of Ancient History, Macquarie University |
| Shushma Malik | Lecturer in Classics, University of Roehampton |
| Amy-Jill Levine | University Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies, Vanderbilt University |
| David Runia | University of Melbourne and Australian Catholic University |
| David Fitzgerald | Author, Nailed |
| Richard Carrier | Author, On the Historicity of Jesus |
| Robert M. Price | Editor, The Journal of Higher Criticism; host of The Bible Geek |
| Raphael Lataster | Lecturer in Religious Studies, University of Sydney |
Release
FanForce organized event-cinema screenings in Australia and the United States in March 2020, with broader screenings cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] The film premiered for digital viewing on FanForce TV in April 2020,[3] and later became available on Apple TV, which lists a 1h 43min runtime and original audio in Australian English, and on Amazon Prime Video in various regions.[4] Post-pandemic, the film was screened across Australia with sold-out screenings in Sydney, Melbourne, and Bundaberg.[8] In March 2023, the Secular Society of MIT hosted a campus screening with a live Q&A by Reilly via Zoom.[9][10][11]
See also
- Historicity of Jesus
- Pauline Christianity
- Christianization of the Roman Empire
- Textual criticism of the New Testament
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "About – The Crew & The Scholars". Deep Dive Documentaries. Retrieved 2025-09-26.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Reilly, Cameron (2020-02-26). "Marketing The Messiah Hits Cinemas In March 2020". CameronReilly.com. Retrieved 2025-09-26.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Marketing the Messiah – FanForce TV". FanForce TV. 2020-04-08. Retrieved 2025-09-26.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Marketing the Messiah". Apple TV. 2020. Retrieved 2025-09-26.
- ↑ "Synopsis". Deep Dive Documentaries. Retrieved 2025-09-26.
- ↑ "Our History". 3DCH Media. 2021-01-15. Retrieved 2025-09-26.
Two cinema events for Marketing the Messiah and online launch, launched on IMDbTV and various other platforms such as Amazon...
- ↑ Reilly, Cameron (2019-01-15). "Principal Photography Completed!". CameronReilly.com. Retrieved 2025-09-26.
I shot all of my scenes to camera down in Melbourne... I've done interviews with biblical scholars, ancient historians and academics...
- ↑ "Cameron Reilly documentary Marketing the Messiah to screen at the Moncrieff". Cairns Post. Retrieved 2025-09-27.
- ↑ Reilly, Cameron (2023-02-16). "Marketing The Messiah at MIT". Deep Dive Documentaries. Retrieved 2025-09-26.
- ↑ "Catalogue – Marketing the Messiah (01:43:15)". FanForce TV. Retrieved 2025-09-26.
- ↑ "Marketing The Messiah MIT Film Screening". MIT. 2023-03-17. Retrieved 2025-09-26.
External links
- Official website
- Official trailer on YouTube
- Full film on YouTube
- Marketing the Messiah on IMDb Search this movie on
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