Culture

Church History Museum Opens New Exhibition Honoring 200 Years of Latter-day Saint Art

By Meridian Church Newswire

This exhibition is titled “Work and Wonder: 200 Years of Latter-day Saint Art” and shows art created by, for, and about members of the Church of Jesus Christ from 1830 to the present. To date, this is the most comprehensive exhibit of Latter-day Saint art.

Posters of anti-Mormon films Trapped by the Mormons and A Mormon Maid.

The (Lord’s Media) Empire Strikes Back – with the light saber of truth.

By Robert Starling

When the age of motion pictures dawned, silent films like “Trapped By the Mormons” and “A Mormon Maid” painted horrible pictures on the silver screen of a religion and a people who were allegedly obsessed with lechery, greed, power, secrecy, and so on. In the 1980’s, the assault on the Saints in mass media continued. But God’s people have used some of the same tools to amplify their own voices.

Family watching television together, representing the portrayal of Latter-day Saints and religious minorities in media.

When Representation Fails: Latter-day Saints and The Cost of Invisibility

By Public Square Staff

How are Latter-day Saints misrepresented on TV? Prevailing stereotypes and lack of diversity persist in the media.

Woman watching TV with blurred vibrant lights on the screen, symbolizing media's impact on public perception.

Why Hulu’s “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” Series is So Offensive

By Maurine Proctor

The “H’ in Hulu might stand for hit job, noting the numbers of times the company has offered productions about Latter-day Saints that are both grievous misrepresentations of the faith and disdainful stereotypes of our people. If they had set out purposely to exploit us and our faith, they could not have been more egregious, but their latest offering “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” is particularly cringeworthy.