{"id":31,"date":"2007-11-21T02:04:08","date_gmt":"2007-11-21T06:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.socialdoc.net\/magnus\/2007\/11\/21\/closing-of-the-ridm-shake-the-devil-off\/"},"modified":"2007-11-28T09:28:59","modified_gmt":"2007-11-28T13:28:59","slug":"closing-of-the-ridm-shake-the-devil-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialdoc.net\/magnus\/2007\/11\/21\/closing-of-the-ridm-shake-the-devil-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Closing of the RIDM: Shake the Devil Off"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/12509341@N03\/2051145445\/\" title=\"shakethedeviloff by misacsson, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2356\/2051145445_f62d89fbea.jpg\" alt=\"shakethedeviloff\" height=\"281\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Father Jer\u00f4me Ledoux, the main character from the film  &#8216;<strong>Shake the Devil Off.&#8217; <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The RIDM<a href=\"http:\/\/http:\/\/www.ridm.qc.ca\/fr\/\" title=\"link RIDM\"> <\/a>ended in beauty with a closing film which I loved, &#8216; <strong>Shake the Devil Off<\/strong> &#8216; by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.montrealmirror.com\/2007\/110807\/film1.html\" title=\"entell lilnk\">Peter Entell<\/a>, from Switzerland.  Filmed in News-Orl\u00e9eans, it follows the struggle of a predominantly black population trying to maintain its parish of St Augustin. In this corner of the world which has been devastated by the hurricane Katrina, the church, with its incredible pastor, it is the symbol not only of it&#8217;s  historical identity but also the solidarity of its people.Yet the hierarchy within the Catholic Church finds that St Agustine does not bring in enough dividents, and the archbishop trys to close it down, wanting to impose upon them a white priest from the parish next door.<\/p>\n<p>The film follows a battle which ensues in an flawless manner, staying close to the characters, following evey twist and turn in the fight.<br \/>\nThe choice of music reminds us of the past marked by slavery, and that  the afro-American culture is simply marvellous &#8211; this complety impregnates this film which is a true work of art!<\/p>\n<p><strong>The priest Jer\u00f4me Ledoux <\/strong>is an extraordinary figure, and was there with Peter Entell for the closing ceremony, dancing on the stage.  He even  succeeded in drawing everyone into a singlong with gospel songs!<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/12509341@N03\/2051930772\/\" title=\"P\u00e8re Ledoux 071117-358 by misacsson, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2149\/2051930772_15b4dfb4c0.jpg\" alt=\"P\u00e8re Ledoux 071117-358\" height=\"500\" width=\"335\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thanks to the RIDM for the great programme and wonderful photos!<\/p>\n<p>(Jeannette Pope. Translation.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Father Jer\u00f4me Ledoux, the main character from the film &#8216;Shake the Devil Off.&#8217; The RIDM ended in beauty with a closing film which I loved, &#8216; Shake the Devil Off &#8216; by Peter Entell, from Switzerland. Filmed in News-Orl\u00e9eans, it follows the struggle of a predominantly black population trying to maintain its parish of St &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.socialdoc.net\/magnus\/2007\/11\/21\/closing-of-the-ridm-shake-the-devil-off\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Closing of the RIDM: Shake the Devil Off<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,10,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","category-festivals","category-film"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.socialdoc.net\/magnus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.socialdoc.net\/magnus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.socialdoc.net\/magnus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.socialdoc.net\/magnus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.socialdoc.net\/magnus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.socialdoc.net\/magnus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.socialdoc.net\/magnus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.socialdoc.net\/magnus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.socialdoc.net\/magnus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}