Quad Cinema
34 W 13th St
212.255.8800
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Constantine's Sword
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Apr 18, 2008 – May 18, 2008
Daily
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- Price
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$10.50
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Note: This film also screens at Lincoln Plaza Cinemas.
Too often, "essay films" — documentaries arguing a specific point of view — are made by those antipathetic to their subjects. What's unusual about Constantine's Sword, an exploration of the historical alliance of military and religion, and the ancient origins of Christian antisemitism, is that it's narrated by ex-priest and still-religious journalist James Carroll, whose father was a three-star general in the US Air Force. In other words, Carroll knows of what he speaks. The result is an even-keeled but nonetheless moving interrogation of why, as he suggests, religion is the excuse of not one but both sides of those waging war in Iraq.
