Jesus Camp (2006)
Average Rating: 7.2/10
Reviews Counted: 99
Fresh: 86 | Rotten: 13
Evangelical indoctrination is given an unflinching, even-handed look in this utterly worthwhile documentary.
Average Rating: 7.2/10
Critic Reviews: 27
Fresh: 24 | Rotten: 3
Evangelical indoctrination is given an unflinching, even-handed look in this utterly worthwhile documentary.
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The youngest foot soldiers for the Lord are shown in their native environment in this documentary. Becky Fischer is a children's pastor who runs "Kids on Fire," a summer camp for evangelical Christian children in North Dakota. Fischer believes in the political and moral importance of a Christian presence in America, and uses her camp to reinforce the religious training most of her charges are already receiving at home (the majority of the campers are home-schooled by their parents). Using video
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A brave, thoughtful documentary.
Top CriticNo matter your religious or political affiliation (or lack thereof), this supremely even-handed documentary from Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady is cinematic dynamite.
It's almost impossible not to respond emotionally to this fascinating, sobering and all-too-brief exploration of the politicized religious right and its hopes, dreams and power.
Perhaps indoctrination is in the eye of the beholder. But one thing is certain: All Christians aren't the same. I'm one, and I found this film to be saddening, not heartening.
I spent a lot of years studying the teachings of Jesus in Catholic grammar school, and I think Jesus would be appalled by what goes on in the these camps.
Both disturbing and enlightening.
Jesus Camp doesn't just preach to the converted, it bores and frightens them.
Eye-opening look at the Evangelicals among us.
Why bother with horror films when you can see this?
Some lively material - but nothing new.
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.
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".
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.
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.
Funny, sad and horrifying. Anti-fundamentalist rather than anti-Christian, this deserves to preach to more than just the converted.
Almost as scary as "Village of the Damned". 12 year olds who aspire to be the next James Dobson!
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