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1946: The Mistranslation That Shifted Culture

1946: The Mistranslation That Shifted Culture

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Status

Released

Release Date

Nov 12, 2022

Runtime

1h 32m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

95%

Original Title

1946: The Mistranslation That Shifted Culture

Production Companies

acowsay, Quest for Biblical Truth, Sweetbreadstudios, ZUM Communications

Director

Sharon Roggio

Description

Seeking to uncover the origins of the rabid homophobia of the conservative church, a gay seminary scholar and a straight activist make a shocking discovery: In 1946 an erroneous translation of the term homosexual in the Bible that has been weaponized against the LGBTQIA+ community ever since.