ABC Primetime: Mel Gibson's Passion
16 February 2004| 40 min
In this special edition of Primetime, ABC News' Diane Sawyer interviews filmmaker Mel Gibson about his highly controversial movie, ""The Passion of the Christ."" He responds to charges that the movie's portrayal of the Jewish role in the death of Christ will encourage anti-Semitism. He also elaborates on comments he's made about the Holocaust. In addition, Gibson tells why he felt it necessary to exhibit such a graphic depiction of Christ's crucifixion on film and discusses his decision to tell the story in Aramaic and Latin.
Genres
DocumentaryTV Movie
Cast
Mel Gibson
Diane Sawyer
Amy-Jill Levine
Darrell L. Bock
Dr. Philip A. Cunningham
Abraham Foxman
Maia Morgenstern
John Dominic Crossan
