The forms of Discipline and Power in the movie God on Trial

Your name Course College Tutor July 31, 2013 God on Trial and How It Depicts Foucault's Ideas of Disciplinary Power God on trial is a candid movie that takes an unbiased look at the difficult questions that many religious adherents dare not question. A group of prisoners undergo a "selection" as a doctor chooses those who are to be sent to the gas chamber. No one knows which group will survive. Among the prisoners are Mordechai, his father Kuhn and a young man Moche. Moche is convinced that God has failed to keep his promises to the Jews his chosen nation and therefore He deserves to be put on trial. Declares that God should be put on trial for letting his people down. Schmidt, a rabbi, is fast to explain that God cannot be challenged without precedent. As the proceedings commence, Mordechai frames the charge stating that God is in breach of contract for failing to fulfill his covenant but Kuhn defends God, arguing that Auschwitz is a test of their faith. The first witness by the name Ezra accuses God fo...