Films and Audio about the Pageant
Several documentaries, news reports, and podcasts about the Hill Cumorah Pageant are available on the Internet.
Documentaries
"Veriscope" [YouTube account]. "HILL CUMORAH Trailer" [trailer for Steven Johnson's 2012 short film Hill Cumorah]. YouTube, Sept. 13, 2012. https://youtu.be/Dvaug2vnNIw.
- Veriscope Productions list of film projects: https://www.veriscope.com/projects/.
- IMDB page for the film: "Hill Cumorah." Directed by Steven Johnson. Veriscope Productions, 2012. IMDB. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2499596/.
A Mormon Pageant. Directed by Curtis Whitear. Radiowest Films, 2017. Available at https://films.radiowest.org/film/a-mormon-pageant, https://vimeo.com/298014416, and https://youtu.be/KNrFov_3L2s.
News Reports
"Hill Cumorah Pageant." Palmyra Messenger Post (Palmyra, NY). YouTube, uploaded July 13, 2007. https://youtu.be/aF_gbwtRu_k.
Jeramy Richter [YouTube user]. “‘Mitt Romney, Mormonism, & Hill Cumorah Pageant On Nightline’” [bootleg videotape of the August 2007 ABC Nightline segment “The Romney Effect”]. YouTube, uploaded Oct. 24, 2008. https://youtu.be/g1lNW7-sVFo.
Companion article to the Nightline report: Harris, Dan, and Mary Marsh. “Mormon Pageant Unites Hundreds." ABC Nightline, Aug. 10, 2007, 9:52 AM, https://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/story?id=3459111&page=1.
Sorbello, Camy. "Hill Cumorah Pageant." Palmyra Courier-Journal (Palmyra, NY). YouTube, uploaded July 10, 2008. https://youtu.be/Xt15TJc_clc.
"Mormons take center stage in annual pageant." AFP News Agency, July 2012. YouTube. Uploaded July 16, 2012. https://youtu.be/9kjFbErDpgQ.
"LDS Pageant." PBS Religion & Ethics Newsweekly, Aug. 10, 2012. https://www.pbs.org/video/religion-and-ethics-newsweekly-mormon-pageant/.
- Due to difficulties with the PBS embed code, we were not able to embed the video here.
"The Hill Cumorah Pageant: Brent Hanson Extended Interview." PBS Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly, Aug. 10, 2012. https://www.pbs.org/video/religion-and-ethics-newsweekly-brent-hanson-extended-interview/.
- YouTube copy, uploaded Mar. 27, 2013: https://youtu.be/HSrMsgkuTuQ.
"Palmyra New York: the Birth Place of Mormonism." Associated Press, Oct. 23, 2012. YouTube. https://youtu.be/8X7cibB-HmY.
Sabado, Lindsey. "Fighting with Fire: Hill Cumorah pageant volunteers rehearse battle scene." NYup, July 13, 2018. YouTube. https://youtu.be/wXSe9vmkWUI.
"Hill Cumorah Pageant in Palmyra to end in 2020." News 8 WROC (Rochester, NY), Oct. 28, 2018. YouTube. https://youtu.be/mKk3G463Aq4.
"Hill Cumorah Pageant to end after 2020 Season." NewsChannel 9 WSYR Syracuse (Syracuse, NY), Oct. 28, 2018. YouTube. https://youtu.be/AjslxQ89Dyc.
"Adam Interviews Hill Cumorah Pageant President." News 8 WROC (Rochester, NY). YouTube, Mar. 14, 2019. https://youtu.be/-8ebv2mZtRk.
"82nd annual Hill Cumorah Pageant in Palmyra." News 8 WROC (Rochester, NY), July 12, 2019. https://youtu.be/qxdXP9eMO10.
"Opening night for the 82nd Hill Cumorah Pageant." News 8 WROC (Rochester, NY), July 12, 2019. https://youtu.be/PfSNmMdHiJw.
"Final Hill Cumorah Pageant delayed to 2021." News 8 WROC (Rochester, NY), May 1, 2020. https://youtu.be/n3195Q-Nav0.
"Hill Cumorah Pageant Volunteers: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints." Network of Religious Communities (Buffalo, NY). YouTube, uploaded July 14, 2020. https://youtu.be/0cxWgYQCtrQ.
"2021 Hill Cumorah and Nauvoo pageants cancelled." News 8 WROC (Rochester, NY), Mar. 9, 2021. https://youtu.be/Fu8DXETe_34.
"2021 Hill Cumorah and Nauvoo pageants cancelled." News 8 WROC (Rochester, NY), Mar. 9, 2021. https://youtu.be/8kyT7avlgDY.
Video Blogs
"Visiting Palmyra NY and Watching the Real Book of Mormon Play." Honey and Darling's House (vlog series). YouTube, Nov. 11, 2015. https://youtu.be/Z2qOVUTEXks.
"Working on the Hill Cumorah Pageant." Lifey. YouTube, uploaded Feb. 10, 2014. https://youtu.be/FpFL8jX_Yf0.
Podcasts
Mormon Land, Episode 55: "The End of the Hill Cumorah Pageant" [interview with Jerry Argetsinger]. Salt Lake Tribune, week of Oct. 30, 2018. Available at:
- The Salt Lake Tribune: https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2018/10/30/mormon-land-hill-cumorah/
- Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/mormonland/mormon-land-the-end-of-the-hill-cumorah-pageant,
- Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0BrBWDnokfEiY27XuFWtjI?si=6fPQb1waSoaRiMigfvxyVQ
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