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Believer
NAME OF FILM: BELIEVER
DIRECTOR(S): Don Argott
GENRE: Documentary Film
SYNOPSIS: Imagine Dragons’ Mormon frontman Dan Reynolds is taking on a new mission to explore how the church treats its LGBTQ members. With the rising suicide rate amongst teens in the state of Utah, his concern with the church’s policies sends him on an unexpected path for acceptance and change.
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