Synopsis
Killing Jesus (2015) is a historical drama from director Christopher Menaul that you can watch online on iFILM. It traces the life of Jesus of Nazareth against the brutal politics of Roman-occupied Judea.
Adapted from the book by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard, the film reads the Gospel story as history rather than sermon. A preacher out of Galilee unsettles everyone in power: as crowds swell around him, the prefect Pontius Pilate and King Herod start treating him as a threat to order. Haaz Sleiman plays Jesus, with Kelsey Grammer, Rufus Sewell and Stephen Moyer rounding out the cast.
A National Geographic production, it leans on the everyday and political texture of the first century instead of glowing miracles and gilded halos. The result is a restrained, almost secular take on the most familiar story ever told. Worth a look if you want these events staged as real political drama. Stream Killing Jesus (2015) online on iFILM.
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