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  • 2014
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  • 1 h 11 m
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  • 1 h 11 m

Summary January 2010: In the buckle of the Bible Belt, ten churches burn to the ground in just over a month igniting the largest criminal investigation in East Texas history. No stone is left unturned and even Satan himself is considered a suspect in this gripping investigation of a community terrorized from the inside-out. Families are torn apa...

Directed By: Theo Love

  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • Submarine Deluxe
  • 1 h 11 m
  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • Submarine Deluxe
  • 1 h 11 m
Little Hope Was Arson
Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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Summary January 2010: In the buckle of the Bible Belt, ten churches burn to the ground in just over a month igniting the largest criminal investigation in East Texas history. No stone is left unturned and even Satan himself is considered a suspect in this gripping investigation of a community terrorized from the inside-out. Families are torn apa...

Directed By: Theo Love

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Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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90
Nov 28, 2014
The film's exploration of the tenuous bonds within a community will surely prompt serious soul-searching.
By Martin Tsai FULL REVIEW
90
Nov 20, 2014
The filmmaker, Theo Love, presents the people in the story as they are, without passing judgment and without apology, whether they are investigators or pastors or just ordinary folks caught up in the inexplicable. It’s Americana unvarnished and, because of that, as absorbing as it is respectful.
By Neil Genzlinger FULL REVIEW
83
Nov 18, 2014
A fascinating story told with deep insight, Little Hope Was Arson finds that both fire and forgiveness burn in different ways.
By Kevin Jagernauth FULL REVIEW
80
Nov 18, 2014
Theo Love's mesmerizing documentary Little Hope Was Arson is as evenhanded as it is unsettling.
By Sam Weisberg FULL REVIEW
70
Nov 25, 2014
While the crimes were appalling, one leaves Little Hope Was Arson less concerned with them — especially as all the churches have since been rebuilt — than with larger questions of forgiveness.
By Dennis Harvey FULL REVIEW
60
Nov 18, 2014
The film is attractively and professionally packaged however, with accomplished camerawork and editing supporting a narrative that eventually seems to reveal more smoke than fire.
By Justin Lowe FULL REVIEW

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Production Company The Orchard, theCollaborate
Release Date Nov 21, 2014
Duration 1 h 11 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website https://www.facebook.com/littlehopewasarson
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Awards

United Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Omaha Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Heartland International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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