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Thursday, April 9, 2026
Guerry Auditorium
6:00pm-7:00pm

The Mormon Giant explores the relationship between religion and professional wrestling in the twentieth century. Focusing on wrestlers with Mormon "gimmicks," the film shows how they presented as "heels" (villains) or "faces" (heroes) in auditoriums throughout North America and abroad, and how such representations proved usable (or not) to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints writ large.

This event will feature live narration by David Waler and live soundtracking by Timothy Albro.