Movies for Saturday, March 11, 2017

The selections for today, Saturday, March 11, 2017, feature a lethal virus, a play about Jesus, and a musicologist in Appalachia.


In the thriller, the The Satan Bug (1965), a lunatic
steals a lethal virus from a government lab.  Today
is the anniversary of the flu epidemic in the
United States in 1918.




The Satan Bug

In this Christian Lenten season, we begin to
list some movies about Jesus.  Jesus of
Montreal (1989) is about a group of actors
who produce a play about Jesus and some
consequences.



Jesus of Montreal







Songcatcher (2000) is the tale of a musicologist
who collects folk songs in Appalachia in the
early 20th century.  It is loosely based on the
work of Olive Dame Campbell, born March 11,
1882, and founder of John C. Campbell Folk
School in Brasstown, North Carolina.



Songcatcher