'Coming Out in America' is a new film about atheists coming out
By ROSE SCHWARTZ - EXAMINER.COM
Added: Sun, 09 Oct 2011 04:42:29 UTC
A Tiroir A Films documentary focuses on atheists coming out in America. Coming Out in America (working title) illustrates diverse people in different parts of the country who are taking the first step; they are “coming out” as nonbelievers.
The film portrays how their lives are changed just by coming out. It is not a huge leap to assume that some friends and peers may have a problem with the coming out process but it doesn’t end there. Some of those who come out are shamed by their local communities and even their own families. When the principal of the school has a problem with a student’s atheism, were can that student go for help against a bully?
This documentary seeks to shed light on the bullying, discrimination and overall ill-regard many atheists face in modern society.
The general goal of this film is to showcase the goodness that can exist within anyone, no matter what his or her religious or philosophical worldview may be. Additionally, it shows the necessity for finding a common ground between the religious and nonreligious in an ever-polarizing America.
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