The Civic Media Center will be sponsoring the screening of Jesus Camp at the Hippodrome. Jesus Camp is a documentary about the “Kids On Fire” summer camp, located just outside Devils Lake, North Dakota and run by Becky Fischer and her ministry, Kids in Ministry International. The film focuses on three children who attended the camp in the summer of 2005–Levi, Rachael, and Victoria (Tory). The film cuts between footage of the camp and a children’s prayer conference held just prior to the camp at Christ Triumphant Church, a large charismatic church in Lee’s Summit, Missouri; a suburb of Kansas City. Jesus Camp is a documentary on kids who attend a summer camp hoping to become the next Billy Graham.

Time magazine’s film critic Richard Schickel found Jesus Camp “well-made and very disturbing.”
Michael Smith of the Tulsa World, gave it three stars (out of four) describing it as “..impressive in its even-handed presentation..”, “…straightforward…” and “…a revealing, unabashed look at the formation of tomorrow’s Army of God”.
The Chicago Tribune reviewer Jessica Reaves gives the film three stars (out of four) and writes that Jesus Camp is “…an enlightening and frank look at what the force known as Evangelical America believes, preaches and teaches their children…” and concludes that what the filmmakers “…have accomplished here is remarkable–capturing the visceral humanity, desire and unflagging political will of a religious movement.”
Jesus Camp was nominated for an Oscar in the Best Documentary Feature section of the 2007 Academy Awards.

When: Monday, March 5 @ 7 PM and 9 PM (two showings)
Where: The Hippodrome, 25 SE 2nd PL
Tickets: $3-10 sliding scale

For more information, call 352 373 0010.

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