A love letter to the former Tammy Faye Bakker that debuted as part of Cinemax's "Reel World" series, this documentary raises provocative questions about the fall of the PTL Christian broadcasting empire. Using original interviews, archival footage and clips
from sources as various as Jessica Hahn's Playboy video and the 1990 TV-movie
Fall From Grace, documentarians Randy Barbato and Fenton Bailey (PARTY MONSTER) chart the rise and spectacular fall of pioneering televangelists Tammy Faye and Jim Bakker, from their early years preaching gospel
to children with makeshift singing puppets, to their disgrace in the '80s. The PTL (Praise the Lord) satellite network...
Released:
2000
Rated:
PG-13
Length:
79 mins