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1
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What can religious films be used to promote?

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Used as a medium to promote anti-stereotyped images

2
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What do religious films raise?

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Questions and awareness on specific religious influences

3
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What do religious films accurately reflect?

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Religious people’s experiences

4
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What aren’t religious films?

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Racist or prejudice

5
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What do religious films challenge?

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Traditional preconceptions of religious faiths, taking them away from the stereotypes

6
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What do they promote?

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Theological discussion about faith i.e. the meaning and purpose of faith

7
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What do religious films educate the wider community on?

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Religious beliefs and practices

8
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What do filmmakers often choose to challenge?

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Particular religious stereotypes in order to make a point and show the truer side of faith that people usually mistake or take too literally

9
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Who makes certain films meaning they are accurate reflections of faith?

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People from faith communities such as Gurindha Chadha who made Bend it Like Beckham

10
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What sometimes happens but are still accurate reflections of religious films?

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Only certain sections of beliefs are chosen within the specific time limit they have

11
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What can be taken in good humour?

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Jokes and stereotypes can be taken in good humour and understood by the whole audience as the film was made by a religious leader and therefore you feel comfortable to laugh