Godless in America

Godless in America

59 mins | Documentary | Jan. 1, 2006

Documentary about atheist Madalyn Murray O'Hair who, for 30 notorious years, successfully challenged God in America, and was brutally murdered in the summer of 1995. O'Hair had come to occupy a special place in the American psyche since her 1963 campaign which ended compulsory prayer in US schools after a Supreme Court action on behalf of her son William. She journeyed from Cold War paranoia, through to the rise of the neocons and born again Christianity in Reagan's America and beyond. (Storyville)

Godless in America

59 mins | Documentary | Jan. 1, 2006

Godless in America
Documentary about atheist Madalyn Murray O'Hair who, for 30 notorious years, successfully challenged God in America, and was brutally murdered in the summer of 1995. O'Hair had come to occupy a special place in the American psyche since her 1963 campaign which ended compulsory prayer in US schools after a Supreme Court action on behalf of her son William. She journeyed from Cold War paranoia, through to the rise of the neocons and born again Christianity in Reagan's America and beyond. (Storyville)
Producers
Original title Godless in America
Directors Leslie Woodhead
Writers

Cast

Phil Donahue

as Himself

Ellen Johnson

as Herself

Madalyn Murray-O'Hair

as Herself (archive footage)