A Bear Named Jesus
2023•6m•10.0•Released
DocumentaryAnimation
At Archer’s Aunty Gladys’ funeral, he hears a tap on the window — it’s a bear named Jesus, who has come for Archer’s mom. “A Bear Named Jesus” is an allegory for religious interference, with an aching yet humorous look at estrangement and mourning for the loss of someone still living.
Director
Terril Calder
Writer
Archer Pechawis
Languages
English
Studio
CBC
Production
Company
CBC
Producer
Christa Couture
Producer
Michelle St. John
Recommended
8.2
Baraka
1992
6.9
Who Are You, Charlie Brown?
2021
6.5
Heart of a Dog
2015
7.6
To Kill a Tiger
2023
6.2
Naqoyqatsi
2002
7.1
Come See Me in the Good Light
2025
8.1
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
2020
7.9
One More Time with Feeling
2016
6.3
Sherman's March
1986
6.2
Aquaman: Heroines of Atlantis
2019
7.2
Deliver Us from Evil
2006
7.4
McQueen
2018
7.2
Powaqqatsi
1988
8.1
Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father
2008
7.9
My Mom Jayne
2025
6.4
The Captains
2011
6.4
Fuck
2006
8.4
Billie Eilish - Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour (Live in 3D)
2026
7.5
28 Up
1985
7
Public Speaking
2011
Similar Movies
Bebê Pagão
2025
The Revenants
2011
8
Bhutan: Following in the Footsteps of Matthieu Ricard
2024
5.5
The Letter
2019
6.6
Ex-Shaman
2018
Hexenkinder
2020
6.5
Un ángel llamado Rebeca
2024
8
Yooper Creoles: Finnish Music in Michigan's Copper Country
2019
Православие в законе
2014
Carthage
2017
Would Jesus Wear a Sidearm?
2015
The Jesus Guy
2007
Me and the Mosque
2005
5.5
The God
2003
7
Gurrumul
2018
Deadly Obsession
2013
Grey Horse
0
So, Who Is This Jesus?
1999
The Satanic Verses Affair
2009
Voodoo
2005