Virgin tales [videorecording (DVD)]

Arx, Mirjam von. (Added Author). Wannaz, Michele. (Added Author). Ican Films. (Added Author). Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (Firm) (Added Author). Association relative à la teĺev́ision europeénne. (Added Author).

Summary: Evangelical Christians are calling out for a second sexual revolution: chastity! As a counter-movement to the attitudes and practices of today's culture, today one in eight girls in the US has vowed to remain "unsoiled" until marriage. But the seven children of the Wilson family, founders of the Purity Ball, take this concept of purity of body and mind one step further; even their first kiss will be at the altar. For two years the filmmakers follow the Wilson's as some of their children prepare for their fairytale vision of romance and marriage and seek out their own prince and princess spouses. In the process, a broader theme emerges: how the religious right is grooming a young generation of virgins to embody an Evangelically-grounded Utopia in America.

Record details

Physical Description: videodisc
1 videodisc (87 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Women Make Movies, c2012.

Content descriptions

General Note:	DVD-R format. No scene indexing. No "skip" segments.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Produced, directed and co-written by Mirjam von Arx ; written by Michele Wannaz ; camera, Kirsten Johnson ; editing, Sabine Krayenbühl ; original score, Adrian Frutiger.