Huie's Sermon
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| Directed by | Werner Herzog |
| Produced by | Werner Herzog |
| Starring | Huie Rogers |
| Cinematography | Thomas Mauch |
| Edited by | Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus |
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| Distributed by | Werner Herzog Filmproduktion |
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Running time | 43 minutes |
| Country | West Germany |
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Huie's Sermon (German: Huies Predigt) is a 1981 documentary film made for television by Werner Herzog. It consists almost entirely of a sermon delivered by Huie L. Rogers, a pastor of a Pentecostal congregation at the Bible Way Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ in Brooklyn, New York.[1]
The film is built almost entirely around Rogers' sermon, whose central theme is that God is in control of everything. Rogers preaches forcefully against the vices of modern society, and in particular against the pride of those who consider themselves equal to God. His argument is that human beings are only capable of destruction, not creation — a point he drives home with characteristic passion.
Rogers alternates between a melodic, sing-song delivery and furious outbursts, drawing vocal responses from the congregation. Herzog uses a phrase from Rogers as the film's closing statement: that if man had anything to do with the sun, it would not rise.
