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Jesus Camp (2006)

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Reviews Counted:96

Fresh:83

Rotten:13

Average Rating:7.2/10

Consensus: Evangelical indoctrination is given an unflinching, even-handed look in this utterly worthwhile documentary.

Rated: PG

Runtime: 85 mins

Genre: Musical & Performing Arts

Theatrical Release:23-11-2007

Synopsis: A growing number of Evangelical Christians believe there is a revival underway in America whereby Christian youth must take up the leadership of the conservative Christian movement. JESUS CAMP,... A growing number of Evangelical Christians believe there is a revival underway in America whereby Christian youth must take up the leadership of the conservative Christian movement. JESUS CAMP, directed by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady (The Boys of Baraka), follows Levi, Rachael, Tory and a number of other young children to Pastor Becky Fischer's Kids on Fire summer camp in Devil's Lake, North Dakota, where kids as young as 6 years-old are taught to become dedicated Christian soldiers in God's army. The film follows these children at camp as they hone their prophetic gifts and are schooled in how to take back America for Christ. The film is a first-ever look into an intense training ground that recruits born-again Christian children to become an active part of America's political future. -- © Loki Films [More]

Director: Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady

Director: Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady
Studio: Magnolia Pictures

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Full Review Source: ViewLondon | comment Comment
11/24/07
Matthew Turner
Matthew Turner
ViewLondon

Why bother with horror films when you can see this?

Full Review Source: This is London | comment Comment
11/23/07
Derek Malcolm
Derek Malcolm
This is London

Some lively material - but nothing new.

Full Review Source: Guardian [UK] | comment Comment
11/23/07
Peter Bradshaw
Peter Bradshaw
Guardian [UK]
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Flawed editing and intrusive and irritating commentary hardly detract from the shock value of this disturbing documentary. Compulsory viewing for anyone in the least bit concerned about religious extremism.

Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
11/23/07
Sam Jordison
Sam Jordison
Channel 4 Film
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This gripping shock-doc looks inside the Kids on Fire evangelical summer camp in North Dakota, where training starts young for a “new army of God” to “take back America for Christ”.

Full Review Source: Total Film | comment Comment
11/23/07
Carmen Grey
Carmen Grey
Total Film

This unabashedly liberal documentary tries to redress the balance by giving the rest of America a wake up call: not all scary fundamentalists come strapped with explosives.

Full Review Source: BBC | comment Comment
11/23/07
Jamie Russell
Jamie Russell
BBC
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Filmakers Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady don't bother with a polemical voiceover a la Michael Moore but skilfully stitch together the comments of the evangelicals themselves. It doesn't make for a pretty picture.

Full Review Source: Sky Movies | comment Comment
11/23/07
Tim Evans
Tim Evans
Sky Movies

A brave, thoughtful documentary.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
11/22/07
David Jenkins
David Jenkins
Time Out
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Funny, sad and horrifying. Anti-fundamentalist rather than anti-Christian, this deserves to preach to more than just the converted.

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11/03/07
Owen Williams
Owen Williams
Empire Magazine
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02/27/09
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11/20/08
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09/01/07
Claudia Puig
Claudia Puig
USA Today

Almost as scary as "Village of the Damned". 12 year olds who aspire to be the next James Dobson!

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02/27/07
Louis Proyect
Louis Proyect
rec.arts.movies.reviews

will be viewed as a modern classic in the decades to come.

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01/28/07
Norm Schrager
Norm Schrager
Filmcritic.com

Ewing and Grady present this disturbing material in the only manner that it can be offered effectively

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01/27/07
John A. Nesbit
John A. Nesbit
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01/25/07
John Thomason
John Thomason
Orlando Weekly

With an admirable impartiality, filmmakers Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady allow the camera to make these kids look like Bible-thumping kooks as they quote scriptures and try to convert strangers they meet on the street.

Full Review Source: Upstage Magazine | comment Comment
01/24/07
Kam Williams
Kam Williams
Upstage Magazine
 
 
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