Automoderated users, edit
156
edits
Changes
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Line 1:
Line 1: − + − Since the release of the documentary, the actual camp has been shut down indefinitely, because the owner of the campgrounds feared that [[liberal]]s would [[liberal vandalism|vandalize]] his property after seeing the film. The camp director Becky Fisher has announced that she still plans to host the camp upon finding a new location.<ref>http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2006/novemberweb-only/146-12.0.html</ref>+
Corrected church denomination and last paragraph
'''''Jesus Camp''''' (2006) is a [[schlockumentary]] about a [[Pentecostal Church|Pentecostal]] summer camp and the children that attend.
'''''Jesus Camp''''' (2006) is a [[schlockumentary]] about a [[Pentecostal Church|Pentecostal]] summer camp and the children that attend.
The documentary contains little to no narration, serving only to reveal the treatment of children in Southern Evangelical Bible camps. It is a look inside the Conservative Christian view of the world, which contains an "Army of God" to "take back America for Christ."<ref name="Detroit">Watts, Tom. [http://www.realdetroitweekly.com/article_1885.shtml Real Detroit Weekly] ''Ewing believes in Jesus Camp'', 10/4/06. Retrieved on 12/11/06.</ref>
The documentary contains little to no narration, serving only to reveal the treatment of children in Evangelical Bible camps. It is a look inside the Conservative Christian view of the world, which contains an "Army of God" to "take back America for Christ."<ref name="Detroit">Watts, Tom. [http://www.realdetroitweekly.com/article_1885.shtml Real Detroit Weekly] ''Ewing believes in Jesus Camp'', 10/4/06. Retrieved on 12/11/06.</ref>
Directed and produced by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady, it was nominated for a 2007 Oscar for Best Documentary Feature, only to lose to ''[[An Inconvenient Truth]]''.<ref>http://imdb.com/Sections/Awards/Academy_Awards_USA/2007</ref>
Directed and produced by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady, it was nominated for a 2007 Oscar for Best Documentary Feature, only to lose to ''[[An Inconvenient Truth]]''.<ref>http://imdb.com/Sections/Awards/Academy_Awards_USA/2007</ref>
After the release of the documentary, [[liberals]] [[vandalism|vandalized]] the camp ground. As a result, the owner of the camp ground required that the camp be shut down. The camp director Becky Fisher has announced that she still plans to host the camp upon finding a new location.<ref>http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2006/novemberweb-only/146-12.0.html</ref>
==References==
==References==