It was made in 1972 to capitalize on the concurrent release of the film versions of Jesus Christ Superstar and Godspell.
[1] It was a longtime passion project for Buchanan.
[2] The film was subsequently recut by Buchanan in 2004 as The Copper Scroll of Mary Magdalene.
He was working on it at the time of his death.
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