BATESVILLE — The exchanges loop in circular befuddlement like a "who's on first?" routine as filmed by Cecil B. De Mille: A serene, hirsute man dressed in a flowing garment responds to the question "What's your name?" with the answer "What's Your Name?"
After a few repeat-after-me rounds, the robed man clarifies: "I'm known by the question."
In Sean Tracey's documentary, which was shown March 29 at the Ozark Foothills FilmFest in this small, conservative river town of just under 10,000, What's Your Name is better known by the film's title, The Jesus Guy - a humble wanderer who dresses, travels and lives by the standards of Christ, seeming never to let the mask slip and reveal a performer within.
Bob Pest, the Batesville man who programs and directs Batesville's film festival and introduces each presentation personally, had good reason to believe The Jesus Guy would play well there.
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