There has been much discussion in the media and the Bloggernacle about the PBS series The Mormons, both pre-and post broadcast. For easier reference I will attempt to chronicle these discussions, and gather them into one location. If someone knows of Bloggernacle (or other good) posts I have missed, please let me know so that I can add them. If you missed the broadcast you can watch it online here. You can read the full text of the interviews here, and they are well worth the time. You can also purchase the DVD here:
Church’s Responses:
PBS Interviews With Church Leaders
Latter-day Saints Respond to Media Attention
Opinions on PBS Programs Broad and Diverse
Media Responds to PBS Documentaries
PBS Film Likely to Cause Debate
Helen Whitney’s (The Producer) Responses
The Washington Post
ABEV
Seer Stone in a Hat
Adventures in Mormonism
Mormons, education, and intellect
LDS disciplinary councils (PBS show “The Mormons”)
The PBS Special: “The Mormons”
A Soft Answer
PBS & “The Mormons
The Day After: Church Response and Others
Article 6 Blog
Movies and Mitt: The PBS documentary, “The Mormons” and “September Dawn” (the Mountain Meadows Massacre)
Bigelow’s Rameumptom
The PBS Mormon Documentary
Blogger of Jared
Fringes Only Please
By Common Consent
PBS at Testimony Meeting
Dancing for the Devil
KUED Post-Mortem on the PBS Doc
Apologia pro Saltando
Mormons Believe _________________.
Dear Glass-Half-Empty People,
Margaret Toscano on Polygamy
Situating the voices in Whitney’s “The Mormons”
“The Mormons” and Inoculation
“The Mormons”: Pregame show
Upcoming Films: The Triple Whammy
Joseph Smith as shaman?
Connor’s Conundrums
The Mormons Part One
The Mormons Part Two
Dave’s Mormon Inquiry
Whitney Defends The Mormons
The Jeffrey R. Holland Interview
The Gregory Prince Interview
Helen Whitney Responds to Viewers
The Marlin K. Jensen Interview
LDS.org: the Blog
Who’s Who on “The Mormons”
Enduring To The End
A Ponderous Paradox
What does Paradox watch on TV?
Feminist Mormon Housewives
“The Mormons” on Frontline
Flooding The Earth–Bookslinger
LDS videos to round out PBS’ “The Mormons”.
Free Philosophical Discussions
The Mormons episode 2
The Mormons
The Mormons Episode 1
Hedgehog Blog
PBS: “The Mormons”
Kiriath-Arba
“The Mormons” – PBS does Anti-Mormon
LDS Doctrine
My Mormon Experience
Frontline: The Mormons
LDS Indoctrination
Helen Whitney and Agnostic Intellectualism vs. LDS Christian Science
LDS Science Review
The First Vision: An Observation
Messenger and Advocate
New York Times Gives PBS’ The Mormons A Thumbs Up
The Millennial Star
The Mormons Day 2
PBS, Polygamy, and Pressure
‘The Mormons’ on PBS
More Good Foundation Blog
“The Mormons” coming soon
Mormanity
Part II of “The Mormons” on PBS – A Valiant Effort
Response to “The Mormons” on PBS
“The Mormons” on PBS, April 30 and May 1
Mormon Mentality
Summary of The Mormons part II (in case you missed it)
Frontline: The Mormons
A wannabe’s reaction to The Mormons
American Experience: The Mormons
The PBS Documentary
Mormon Wasp
The Mountain Meadows Massacre on the small and big screens
Mulling and Musing
Follow-up to “The Mormons”
If only we could have heard more from Elder Holland
What to do about “The Mormons”
Segullah the Blog
The PBS Follow Up
Six LDS Writers and a Frog
Can We Talk?
Sixteen Small Stones
Review: The Mormons Part 2 on PBS
Review: The Mormons Part 1 on PBS
Straight and Narrow Blog
Non-Mormons and PBS “The Mormons”
Sunstone Blog
“The Mormons” Running Commentary (Pt. 1)
“The Mormons” Running Commentary (Pt. 2)
T F Stern’s Rantings
The Mormon Experience via PBS
The Mormon Experience in One Night
Times and Seasons
Two by two
Mormons discussing “Mormons”
Mountain Meadows in LDS consciousness
“The Mormons” Open Thread
“The Mormons” on PBS
PBS and the Bloggernacle
Tito Times
Final Pre-broadcast Notes on PBS documentary
Update on PBS’s “The Mormons”
The Backyard Professor
PBS Commentary: Margaret Toscano Church Court Discipline and PBS Decidedly Slanted Portrayal
Tal Bachman, Suicide Terrorists, and Blind Obedience: Silliness Continues to Reign in Anti-Mormon Land
The Rocky Shore
Some thoughts on “The Mormons”
Utah Now
Utah Now Viewing The Mormons
Within The Bubble
My lengthy and belated review of “The Mormons”
“Scary” Moroni Painting in “The Mormons”
May 2, 2007 at 5:35 am
My post titled ‘Fringes Only Please’ at BofJ is based on the broadcast. It has a lot to do with the fall of Ken Clark.
May 2, 2007 at 5:44 am
Eric,
Thanks for the update. I’ve added it. Sorry I missed you first time around. The title didn’t jump out at me as I was researching. Nice post.
Thanks again.
May 2, 2007 at 7:04 am
My brother has two posts on his blog about it, one pre-broadcast (http://freephilosophicaldiscussions.blogspot.com/2007/04/mormons.html)
and one after the first installment(http://freephilosophicaldiscussions.blogspot.com/2007/05/mormons-episode-1.html) I expect he’ll have another on last night’s episode up soon too.
May 2, 2007 at 7:24 am
dakwegmo: Got them. Thanks
May 2, 2007 at 7:32 am
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May 3, 2007 at 2:34 pm
Thanks for providing this compendium of Bloggernacle chatter about the program. I appreciate it.
May 3, 2007 at 3:18 pm
This is a great resource. Thanks for your work.
Have you considered adding the link with interview transcripts? (http://www.pbs.org/mormons/interviews/) I found them really interesting and helpful in giving a bit more information to chew on.
May 3, 2007 at 5:28 pm
Equality, Anything I can do to help you find your way back to the Gospel.
m&m, Great suggestion. I’ve added it. Thanks!
May 4, 2007 at 8:27 am
There is one thing I think has been missing everywhere I have gone on the Internet; non-Mormon reactions to the series. Now, I don’t mean pot-shots from “unredeamable anti-Mormon or anti-religionists,” but thoughtful people. After all, this show was supposed to be as much for non-Mormons as about Mormons.
If my lack of finding responses means anything, I don’t think very many non-Mormons actually watched the show. Believe me, I have looked everywhere and found NOTHING (other than very negative blog comments) on this show. Even the PBS and Newsweek responses have been 90 percent Mormon defenders and 10 percent negative detractors. Did the “world” just watch it and shrug its collective shoulders? I would like to know.
May 4, 2007 at 10:02 am
OK, one more I didn’t see listed here…Meridian Magazine has had a few articles on it, and is also compiling some comments from readers. I know it’s not a ‘nacle link, but thought I would pass it along anyway if you want to include it. (If I did it right, the links are listed in order, starting with most recent first.)
http://www.ldsmag.com/arts/070504say.html
http://meridianmagazine.com/arts/070504pbs2.html
http://meridianmagazine.com/arts/070430mormons.html
http://www.ldsmag.com/arts/070503pbs.html
May 4, 2007 at 12:38 pm
This is a great link, but you can’t tell by the title that it’s related to the documentary.
http://sixldswriters.blogspot.com/2007/05/can-we-talk.html
May 5, 2007 at 8:09 pm
I just added my own thoughts on the program, in a round about way. Tried to answer my own #9 question after a lot of hard research.
May 6, 2007 at 8:18 pm
Jettboy. I have added your link–thanks.
m&m: I am in the process of adding your suggestions as well. Thanks.
May 22, 2007 at 11:01 am
I was sadly disappointed at how much members didn’t talk about it. When I went to church the Sunday after the show no one even mentioned it in conversation. Why is that? Before it came out it was in the Ensign and it was announced from many pulpits. Were people were scared to talk openly about the controversy? I think it would be great to have a discussion in church about what was said, but sadly it hasn’t materialized.
November 4, 2008 at 3:07 pm
very sad…
Soma
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