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JESUS CAMP - STATEMENT FROM MAGNOLIA PICTURES
In Theaters September 15, 2006
Last Friday marked the limited release of "Jesus Camp," Magnolia Pictures' new, controversial documentary. The film follows children at an Evangelical summer camp, as they hone their prophetic gifts and are schooled in how to take back America for Christ. In response to the feedback from some Evangelical leaders, Eamonn Bowles, President of Magnolia Pictures, has release the following statement:
"We're frankly surprised and a little disheartened by the efforts of prominent members of the evangelical community to clamp down on JESUS CAMP. Whether or not the children and camp depicted in the film represents the 'mainstream' of the Evangelical movement is beside the point: they exist, the film documents them, and the subjects feel they've been treated fairly. Why a community that's so quick to attack discrimination from secular Americans would then turn and do the same to other Evangelicals is unexpected, to say the least."
---Eamonn Bowles, President of Magnolia Pictures---
Director: Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady
Cast: Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady, Mike Papantonio, Levi, Rachael, Tory, Becky Fischer
Synopsis: JESUS CAMP, directed by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady (The Boys of Baraka), follows Levi, Rachael, and Tory, 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 also features a counterpoint, in the form of excerpts from Michael Papantonio's "Ring of Fire" show on NPR's Air America. Though he frequently takes aim at the fundamentalist Christian movement, Papantonio is an active Methodist who admits that his moral compass comes from his faith.
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For more information on the film, please visit the official site, at: www.jesuscampthemovie.com
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