'Out of Liberty'

It takes some skill to find a new angle to one of the most well-known lessons in the history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — but director/co-writer Garrett Batty exercises that ability well in the compelling Western drama “Out of Liberty.”

Those who remember their church talks know about Liberty Jail, where church founder Joseph Smith (played here by Brandon Ray Olive) and five other leaders were imprisoned from Dec. 1, 1938, to April 6, 1839, facing charges of treason and an extermination order from Gov. Lilburn W. Boggs.

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