Letting Jesus and Buddha Dance Together: Towards Dialogue

S. Brent Plate, published in The Revealer.org

The image of Jesus and the Buddha dancing together in a living room is just one of several images that stick with the viewer of Eve and the Fire Horse, the first feature film by Canadian Julia Kwan. The film expresses all the imagination, all the wild and sometimes zany thoughts, and all the complex social interactions that stand at the heart of religious myths and rituals. To understand this, it is necessary to have the faith of a child.

What's a Fire Horse, Anyway?

Reprinted with permission from Christianity Today Newsletter: Biblical perspectives on contemporary cinema
Friday, August 17, 2007

By Mark Moring

Last week's newsletter was titled, "Longing for the Fire Swamp." This week's could have easily been titled, "Longing for the Fire Horse."

The Singing Goldfish: Children & Religion

By Stasi McAteer, Feminary Blog

I had the privilege of watching a very sweet film recently, called Eve & the Fire Horse. It won a special jury prize at Sundance and it looks like Roger Ebert and several notable critics loved it; so I don’t know how much my opinion actually adds to the conversation, but I thought I’d tell you about it anyway, because it hasn’t got US distribution so they’re hoping for a word-of-mouth campaign.

eve & the fire horse

"Jesus, meet Grandma": Multifaith Households

By Mary Ann Beavis, St. Thomas More College

Julia Kwan’s Eve and the Firehorse is a movie about many things: family life, sibling relationships, death, the anxieties and fears of childhood, the challenges of adapting to a new culture, racism. But above all, the film is pervaded with religious and spiritual themes, which it handles with charm, humour and imagination.

Does Eve Die?

“Two gods in the household are better than one”:
Race, Religion, and Coming of Age in Eve and the Fire Horse

Rachel A. R. Bundang
Religious Studies, Santa Clara University

Drowning the Firehorse: The Elusive Ending of Eve and the Fire Horse

"Are We Poor White Trash?": Growing Up Third Culture

Pacific Rim Christianity: The Challenges of the North American Asian Church