The new documentary "Jesus Camp" is causing a controversy already among people of all faiths. The film, which follows a group of children attending a Pentecostal summer camp in North Dakota, was created by filmmaker Heidi Ewing.
Ewing said that she and her co-director, Rachel Grady, are able to present a neutral view of the camp because they come from two different backgrounds different from the Pentecostal camp depicted in the documentary. Ewing was raised a Catholic and Gray is Jewish. The camp, called "Kids on Fire," is directed by Pastor Becky Fischer. Grady said that Fischer welcomed them into her world to make the documentary because she hopes that it will lead people to become saved.
The film tells the stories of three children who attended the Bible camp last year in Devils Lake, North Dakota. According to the Los Angeles Times, the children are referred to in the film as Rachael, now 10, Levi, now 13, and Tory, now 11. The film shows groups of children sobbing, holding their hands aloft, and crying out to God. Assemblies of children in the film cheer whenever they are asked if they would be willing to give up their lives for Jesus. They pray over a cardboard cutout of President George W. Bush, and they sob as they plead for an end to abortion.
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