Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping is the title of the first feature-length documentary film about the actor and performance artist Reverend Billy. The film was produced and directed by the filmmakers Dietmar Post and Lucia Palacios. The film debuted on the festival circuit in August 2002 at the Chicago Underground Film Festival.Synopsis
Filmmakers Dietmar Post and Lucia Palacios have accompanied the Reverend and his troupe over the period of an entire year. The film follows the Reverend's "shopping interventions/actions" into cultural dead zones within the island of Manhattan such as Starbucks, Disney and the New York University construction site at the Edgar Allan Poe House.