I Am Herod

On a whim, armchair-atheist Richard Kelly Kemick joins the 100-plus cast of the Canadian Badlands Passion Play. By the time closing night is over, he has a story to tell. From controversial casting choices to the bizarre life of rehearsal, Kemick's glorious behind-the-scenes look at one of Canada's strangest theatrical spectacles confronts the role of religion in contemporary life and the void left by its absence for non-believers.