'Tragos: A Cyber Noir Witch Hunt' a film by Antero Alli (2000; 105 min. USA) at The Lost Church

SYNOPSIS (no spoilers) Underground San Francisco, 2012. An urban tribe of technopagans practice their ecstatic rites in a virtual reality realm until a fundamentalist Christian attorney decides they are a satanic suicide cult and hires a mole to dig up the dirt on the tribe's blinded visionary leader, Bella Luxor, in this cautionary tale of peril and redemption in the hyperdigital era.

Starring an all-SF Bay area cast and soundtrack by Sylvi Alli.

Excerpt from a 4-star Review: "An audacious and chilling parable that questions misdirected over-reliance on gadgets and God, the parallels between Alli's futuristic tale and the assault on many basic contemporary liberties seems too close for comfort. Tragos is an intellectual adrenaline rush of hypnotic strength and emotional depth, a complex and towering work that aims to the highest denominator and pays off in a triumph of spirit." - Phil Hall for filmthreat.com (4 stars) http://www.filmthreat.com/reviews/1290/

watch an excerpt http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUIUzsAe6f0

The TRAGOS movie site (credits, pix, etc) http://www.verticalpool.com/tragos.html