Talk:List of films of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

From the users
I know this is uncommon in Wikipedia, but I would like it to become more common practice, and that is useful "viewer criticism". Key work useful and less focus on criticism. The fact is that feedback should come from wikipedia readers and not just writers.

I feel like this list is way too short. Me and some friends, people in a singles ward, have started a tradition of watching retro church films and I noticed that the dvd menu displays about 60 titles to watch. So this list has to be huge. I'll keep looking around for a list and post it in discussion if I find something so that someone who wants to organize the format of this article can. But whether or not I find a list, this list needs to be much bigger. It could be over 100. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.241.218.227 (talk) 21:41, 28 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Feel free to expand said table. I believe it was created to jumpstart further expansion. I created the template at the bottom of the page with several of the more prominent films, but there are far more than 100 depending on how you categorise them (compilations, seminary films, ...) and I'd like to work more on this (many of the film pages were started by me) but I've been pressed for time. ~Araignee (talk &bull; contribs) 21:48, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

Man's Search for Happiness
I don't know if this is really the first film that would qualify, but it's the first one that I know of. Feel free to correct me if you know otherwise. Val42 22:18, 11 November 2005 (UTC)

LDS Movement
Since the author makes no mention of movies from people in the LDS movement outside of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints I don't really see any need for that sentence at the beginning of the article.--Gillespee 04:37, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

Singles Ward?
The comedy came out in the late 1990s, and qualifies, I believe for inclusion in this article. It's a story about modern Mormons, at least two of them very attractive, who are sent by parents to a living community designed to help single Mormons find spouses. The principle male character is also a comedian, and he struggles with the question of whether to exploit his Mormon background for quick laughs at the religion's expense. The plot, and his success with the girl of his dreams, turns on his ability to choose the high road in this and other issues. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.108.187.179 (talk) 05:20, 5 January 2008 (UTC)


 * You are looking for the LDS cinema article. These films are already listed there. &mdash; Val42 (talk) 19:17, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

Article Title
I propose we move this title to something more formal: Films of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints seems like a mouthful, but at least something should be done to better disambiguate between the current LDS cinema (non-official films) and LDS movies (official films). Right now, the titles are based only on consensus of the writers, but have little logic to someone unfamiliar with the organisation. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Araignee (talk • contribs) 05:26, 8 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Agree, and you might also consider making it a list, which might be more appropriate to capture the intended information. —Eustress talk 15:24, 8 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Created aforementioned page and redirected this one. I may eventually create a "List of" page as well, but I think the historical background and process is important in itself (and eventually (when I have time) I plan to clean up the page). — Preceding unsigned comment added by Araignee (talk • contribs) 18:59, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
 * I'm going to be bold and move this to a list, as alluded to above. This article has lacked critical information and sources for a long time, probably due to a lack of structure. Historical information can still be conveniently incorporated either into the tables or into the introduction. Cheers —Eustress talk 19:54, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Fair enough for now. I still think in the future it warrants a separate page, as there are over 100 years of film work done by the LDS Church, but as I don't have the time or energy to flush it out, this'll work in the meantime. ~Araignee (talk &bull; contribs) 21:56, 15 January 2011 (UTC)

Other films
How about merging Together Forever into this article? It's fairly tiny and I don't see any opportunity for expanding it. Also, several other LDS films are missing, such as:
 * The Plan of Salvation
 * What is Real?

And several others whose names I can't remember. — Fr&epsilon;ckl&epsilon;fσσt | Talk 20:30, 28 July 2014 (UTC)

Criteria for inclusion
What should be excluded on this list? The church has used film for a lot of projects over the years. I think this list first brings to mind narrative films like Johnny Lingo or Legacy. Then I think of missionaries delivering free copies of The Lamb of God or Together Forever. Then I think of short pieces for Seminary or Sunday School. But this could go much deeper, and I assume we don't want to list everything. Some of these are staged or edited productions, some are live broadcasts.


 * Movies:
 * Narrative films
 * historical and fictional stories
 * feature length and short films
 * films for Seminary, Sunday school, television,
 * Documentary films


 * Public broadcasts:
 * Advertisements (already mentioned in article)
 * Conferences (General, RS, YM)
 * Worship Service
 * Music and the Spoken Word (TV broadcast starting in 1949)
 * Mormon Tabernacle Choir Christmas concerts
 * Christmas Devotionals (I found articles saying it started broadcast in 1983 or 1986.)
 * CES Devotionals
 * BYU Devotionals?


 * Specialized purposes:
 * Training (broadcasts or VHS/DVD/streaming)
 * Temple films (not for public circulation)


 * Filmstrips
 * Children's scripture story books (which have since been polished into this)
 * Others might exist on video media (DVD/VHS/streaming)

I fell like I want to exclude training films, devotionals, and conferences, but I'm not sure I can explain why. Do they lack narrative story value? Are they just like meetings, and the DVDs that are sold are just like transcripts? ——Rich jj (talk) 18:01, 4 June 2015 (UTC)

To the wikipedia user Rich jj

As you know I'm trying to focus on the LDS church entertainment videos. I'm in the process of trying to complete a list of BYU church films that were officially made by the LDS church. I'm trying to cover all of the BYU LDS Church videos made by Scott Whitaker and Wenzel Whitaker and later LDS film directors. The classic LDS videos started around 1957 with the first video "The Decision" made in 1957. I'll try to make it better organized and I'm considering putting the decade years in the LDS film articles like 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s. Keep in mind these videos are rare and out of print. I'm trying to preserve the Mormon film video history. CrosswalkX (talk) 04:46, 21 October 2015 (UTC)

Gordon Jump in "The Guilty"
I'm working on sourcing the filmography on Gordon Jump. This page lists him as being in "The Guilty". Does anyone have a source for that? Rachel Helps (BYU) (talk) 22:34, 10 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Found it at the MLCADB entry on The Guilty Rachel Helps (BYU) (talk) 22:35, 10 March 2022 (UTC)

Title
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"Bible Videos" listed at Redirects for discussion
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