Spiritism in Popular Culture
Despite being little known by the population at large; many works or art contain allusions to facts, circumstances and concepts that resemble some spiritist beliefs:
Films
• Ghost, with Demi Moore and Patrick Swayze was perhaps one of the earliest depictions of an after-life moderately similar to Spiritist teaching. It was highly popular among Brazilian Spiritists too. Swayze plays the role of a man that is killed by a petty thief, leaving his wife (Moore). He, as a ghost, makes contact with a "psychic" played by Whoopi Goldberg and manages to help his wife before finally leaving earth.
• The Sixth Sense, starring Haley Joel Osment and Bruce Willis, is perhaps the better known film approaching the thematic of Spiritism. Cole Sear (Osment's role) is an infant medium facing the disbelief of everyone.
Television
• Medium, a medium helps a District Attorney solve crimes.
• Ghost Whisperer, a medium helps spirits with 'unfinished business' 'cross over'.
Occult TV Programs
- Jonathan Edwards, Crossings. Contacting dead loved ones.
- Charmed, three witches defend the world from demonic forces.
- Paranormal, ghost hunters try to debunk paranormal activity.
- Ghost Hunters, paranormal investigators check out sightings of supernatural activity.
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