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Random film recommendation: Jesus Camp. Just got this Oscar-nominated documentary from Netflix this week, and it’s pretty much left me speechless. At its most basic level, Jesus Camp is a brilliant documentary. But when Pastor Becky Fischer, one of the film’s main characters, said, “Some extreme liberals, they have to look at this and start shakin’ in their boots,” I was sure as hell shakin’ in my Uggs.
The second time around, I watched the DVD commentary by co-directors Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady, and my respect for the two of them only grew. I’ve always been a fan of documentaries—for a while, I thought I wanted to be a documentary photographer—but I don’t know whether I could be fair and objective in my approach, especially when the message being communicated by the subjects of the project is so offensive to everything I believe in. I admire Ewing and Grady for their ability to do exactly that. They see the full picture of who their subjects are—and they let their curiosity win out over their politics.
It’s a stunning film, and I can’t recommend it highly enough.
The second time around, I watched the DVD commentary by co-directors Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady, and my respect for the two of them only grew. I’ve always been a fan of documentaries—for a while, I thought I wanted to be a documentary photographer—but I don’t know whether I could be fair and objective in my approach, especially when the message being communicated by the subjects of the project is so offensive to everything I believe in. I admire Ewing and Grady for their ability to do exactly that. They see the full picture of who their subjects are—and they let their curiosity win out over their politics.
It’s a stunning film, and I can’t recommend it highly enough.
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