Most of us know Jehovahs Witnesses as door-to-door non-secular salesmen, but, as PBSs documentary Knocking testifies, the real Witnesses are a breath of fresh air: a depoliticized group of moral conservatives who believe in persuasion over imposition. Tracking two families through a few days of the 1.3 billion hours Witnesses spend in traveling ministry every year, the film allows audiences some downtime with this highly misunderstood group of believers you know, without actually having to let them into your house.
Fri., Sept. 28, 8 p.m., 2007
This article appears in Sep 27 – Oct 3, 2007.