Julia Sweeney - Letting Go of God

Nov 21, 2008

2h 10m

★ 8.2

Breaking up is hard to do

Overview

Julia Sweeney's third autobiographical monologue, Letting Go of God takes the audience through her Catholic upbringing and how personal events in her life and that of her family led her to a disbelief in a personal universal deity.

Genres

Comedy

Documentary

Production Companies

Indefatigable, Inc.

Five Sisters Productions

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Cast

Self

Julia Sweeney

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Julia Sweeney - Letting Go of God

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