This is a clip from the short parody Jesus 2000 directed by Eric Cooper.

What would have happened if Jesus had returned in the year 2000? How would the media react? Here I play a satiric take on Jesse   more...Jackson(mon) arguing the true ethnicity of Jesus.


Jesus 2000 has been featured in 30 Festivals and has won 11 awards.

Audience Choice Award---Best Short Film
Williamsburg Brooklyn Film Festival, June 1998

Best Short Film---Gladys Crane Mountain Plain Film Festival
University of Wyoming, September 1998

Grand Jury Award---First Prize
The Magnolia Independent Film Festival, March 1999

Audience Choice Award & Best Original Concept Award
FLO Film Festival, West Palm Beach, FL March 1999

Finalist Award---Short Original Comedy
32nd Annual Worldfest, Houston, TX April 1999

Audience Choice Award--Second Place--Narrative Featurette
Film Fest New Haven, April 1999

Special Jury Award for Post Modernism in Cinema
Pacific Northwest Festival of Fictional and Anthropological Cinema

Special Commendation--Scenario/Drama
Canadian International 30th International Film and Video Festival, July 1999

The Final Draft Original Screenplay Award
Rhode Island International Film Festival, August 1999

First Prize
Cotswold International Film & Video Festival, England, July, 2000












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