On this week’s 'Mormon Land,' LDS filmmakers Jared Hess, who co-wrote and directed “Napoleon Dynamite” and “Murder Among the Mormons,” and Greg Whiteley, who directed “New York Doll' and “Cheer,” discuss the industry and its fascination with Mormonism.
Jared Hess and Greg Whiteley discuss how Latter-day Saints and the sometimes-bizarre episodes from the religion can be a recipe for successful films.
Andrew Garfield as Jeb Pyre in "Under the Banner of Heaven," one of a string of recent films and TV shows about members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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