2000 · documentary · biography
The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2000)
Directed by Randy Barbato, Fenton Bailey1h 19m2000
A documentary look, mostly through the eyes of Tammy Faye Bakker Messner, at her rise and fall as a popular televangelist with husband Jim Bakker.
Our read: The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2000) (2000) reads as a neutral, steady, grounded documentary · biography entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Neutral, steady, measured documentary / biography, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, measured.
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