Reverend Billy & the Church of Stop Shopping

APRIL 17 & 18 - 2004
A document of street theater and anti-globalization fervor, religion and rock 'n' roll, Situationism and political conviction, Living Theater and surveillance camera acting, this film follows performance artist Reverend Billy, a.k.a. Bill Talen, as he invades centers of consumerism in New York City and gets arrested by the NYPD. The film follows the Reverend's "shopping interventions/actions" into cultural dead zones such as Starbucks and the Disney Store. It's "the most hilarious and pointed political theater in New York." (Jonathan Kalb, The New York Times.) "Both funny and inspiring, the Reverend Billy is in the forefront of modern agitprop." (Ex-Berliner Magazine.) Reverend Billy will be appearing at an evening screening with his choir.