American Mormon

American Mormon is a 2005 comedic documentary starring Daryn Tufts and Jed Knudsen that takes look at the real life misconceptions and understandings concerning the faith and culture of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints.

American Mormon was shot in Washington D.C., New York City, New Orleans, Memphis, Las Vegas, Los Angeles and other locations. Tufts, on camera, approached random people. Upon their consent, Tufts interviewed these people, man on the street style with one objective find out what people across the United States know about the Mormons. The goal was to approach subjects in a random and nonbiased fashion. Tufts did not reveal to his subjects that he was LDS, nor did he tell them that they would be discussing the LDS faith, or Mormons, on camera. The idea was to get interviews that were not only honest, but spontaneously honest. The interviewees were not preached to. However, Tufts and Knudsen found themselves engaged with many people, off camera, who wanted to learn factual information about the LDS faith. After several weeks of traveling and shooting, Tufts and Knudsen began to compile the footage which would become a comedic crosssection of people from all over the country.American Mormon was released by Excel Entertainment Group in 2005. The film was unique in that it was both the first documentary and straighttoDVD release of its kind to the LDS cinema market. American Mormon became an instant success with audiences, eventually grossing over forty times its production budget. ........

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