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Peter McGoran

Watch: Classic documentary tells story of Belfast street preachers and is available for free

A documentary has been made available on the QFT's website which takes an in-depth look into the lives of Belfast's street preachers.

'Dust on the Bible' was directed by John T Davies, who is widely recognised as one of Northern Ireland's greatest documentary makers.

A description for the film on the QFT website reads: "On the street corners, in the tabernacles, at the cattle fairs and in large convention centres,  the people of Ulster are warned  by pastors and preachers  about the last days of the Apocalypse.

"Dust on the Bible  is a lyrical, visual poem  about  these  latter day prophets.  Focusing on  Belfast’s  charismatic street preachers the film traces  the journey of  a lonesome drifter  seeking salvation in the gospel halls of this ‘troubled godforsaken place’.

"John T. Davis is internationally recognised as Northern Ireland’s most distinctive documentary filmmaker and cinematographer. QFT hosted a full retrospective of John's work back in 2017. We are delighted to be able to host a selection of John's classic films on QFT Player."

Dust on the Bible was first released in the UK in 1989. You can watch it in full here:

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