Jesus

Michel Auder’s Jesus – in which underground NY artists and Warhol superstars openly discuss their beliefs. Jesus – which premiered as a screening at The Kitchen in 1980 – mixes documentary elements such as footage of evangelical TV programs books cartoons paintings and other Jesus related imagery – with performances including Taylor Mead as a priest in the West Village and Florence Lambert playing a crucified Jesus. Also intercut throughout are surprisingly candid interviews with Auder’s friends family and people he approaches on New York City streets about their faith and relationship to the world’s most famous person. Among those interviewed are Diego Cortez Jackie Curtis Gerard Malanga Alice Neel (Andrew Neel’s grandmother) Larry Rivers and Viva.