Biblical Epics and American Postwar Society, Episode 2

This episode looks at the final act of The Ten Commandments. It also explores the influence of social issues in postwar biblical epics, including the Civil Rights movement, and how one biblical film began to question postwar Christian nationalism at home and American hegemony abroad. It examines the decline of the Production Code and the theater-release biblical epic, and suggests some interesting reasons why they disappeared at around the same time. Biblical film experts are David Blanke, Matthew Page, and Adele Reinhartz. For more information on the movie posters referenced in this episode, go to dspt.edu/movie-posters-podcast