Firecracker Films

Baby Bible Bashers

Channel 4 (Cutting Edge)
1 x 60mins
TX: 14/02/2008

Preacher Samuel Boutwell takes his vocation to save sinners from the fires of Hell extremely seriously, and spends every Saturday trying to turn women away from his local Mississippi abortion clinic. Samuel is seven years old.

Baby Bible Bashers tells the extraordinary stories of three of the Lord’s “chosen children”, and their relationships with God, their families and their congregations. In addition to Samuel we meet 9-yr-old Florida firebrand Terry Durham and 12-yr-old Brazilian TV evangelist Ana Carolina Dias. BAFTA-winner Amelia Hann’s film follows these pint-size preachers as they go about their missionary work, and uncovers the unsettling and often disturbing truth behind child evangelism. Are these children the innocent conduits of God’s word, or has their childhood been sacrificed to satisfy zealous parents and congregations hungry for miracles?

***Winner Gold Ace Award, Las Vegas Film Festival 2009