The Holy Family Album (1991) dir. Jo Ann Kaplan, Angela Carter

The Holy Family Album, Angela Carters sacrilegious take on Christian iconography, was one of the points of inspiration for curator Marie MulveyRoberts for the Strange Worlds Exhibition. The programme conceives of the representation of Christ in Western art history as photos in Gods photo album, only God the Father is not in pictures because he is behind the camera, taking the photographs, calling the shots. Written and narrated by Angela Carter, directed by JoAnn Kaplan, produced by John Ellis, Large Door Productions for Channel 4. First broadcast 3 December 1991. Angela originally wrote a highly visual script without words for this programme. It was only in postproduction that John Ellis and JoAnn Kaplan persuaded her that some narration was necessary. She then wrote and recorded the startling commentary.