NEW YORK — Organizers of an evangelical summer camp for children featured in the documentary "Jesus Camp" are discontinuing the camp because of negative reaction sparked by the film and recent ...
I was always excited to go to college and get away from Dallas, Texas, and what I saw as its close-mindedness and paternalistic Southern racism masquerading as good ole' southern values. Having ...
MANDAN, N.D. - The North Dakotan at the center of the controversial documentary "Jesus Camp" said if she could do it all over again, she probably wouldn't allow the film to be made about her former ...
“When so many supposedly journalistic documentaries can’t resist the urge to editorialize, it’s refreshing to see a pair of filmmakers tackle this hot button subject with such a respect for their ...
The whole incident underscored how a film’s festival strategy can change quickly once a movie is acquired for distribution. And it raised questions about the accountability of a film festival after ...
Jesus Camp, which opens today in New York and Los Angeles, has already won awards at film festivals. The documentary is about a North Dakota summer camp called Kids on Fire--now Families on Fire, ...
What is missing from the camp portrayed in Jesus Camp, or at least from the film account of it, is the fun. In my church camp days, I enticed non-Christian friends to go to my camp by telling them how ...
They’re cute kids in an average sort of way: bouncy and bright-eyed, with stuffed animals, goofy-sized T-shirts and, of course, unformed minds that can be bent into strange shapes by determined ...
I didn't know what to make of the documentary "Jesus Camp." After spending two weeks interviewing folks around town about the questions "Who was Jesus?" - and if it meant anything to them "Who is ...
The crowd at the initial showing of "Jesus Camp" at the Fargo Theatre was decidedly Christian. Not obvious to begin with, that fact became clear at the end when one member of a discussion panel asked ...
BIG SANDY - Over the past decade, some evangelical Christians have added another color to Rainbow Family gatherings. "We're here because I think the Rainbow people want the kingdom of God," said Mark ...
The furor over “Jesus Camp” had largely died down by early November. Then National Association of Evangelicals president the Rev. Ted Haggard, who appears in the movie, was fired from his ...