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Thumbs Down

In this cinema-verite documentary, a teenage youth group called Thumbs Down decides "to bring Christ to their neighborhood" by holding an anti-war mass at their conservative Chicago parish.

In this cinema-verite documentary, a teenage youth group called Thumbs Down, decides “to bring Christ to their neighborhood” by holding an anti-war Mass at their conservative Chicago parish. Neither militants nor hippies, they simply believe that Christianity means social action and concern with issues. They present this belief to the community and the confrontation reveals the deepening crisis of communication between the young Christians and their parents, priest, and neighbors.

Filmmakers

Camera

Gordon Quinn

Music

Tom O'Brien

Additional Sound

Daniel Auerbach

Editor

Gordon Quinn

Assistant Editors

Daniel Auerbach
Joan Barkhausen

Media