On the heels of evangelist Ted Haggard's troubles (which Scott
blogged about yesterday), reports have surfaced that the summer camp featured in
Heidi Ewing and
Rachel Grady's Jesus Camp is being discontinued due to "negative reaction sparked by the film and recent vandalism at the camp site," according to a
Reuters story.
# posted by Jason Guerrasio @ 11/09/2006 09:34:00 AM
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I wrote about this last week on Netscape:
http://religion.netscape.com/story/2006/10/31/evangelical-school-from-documentary-jesus-camp-shuts-down/
When I talked to Rachel, she seemed genuinely shaken, and she told me that Magnolia will definitely honor the pastor's request not to book the film in Bismarck. Of course it's a sad and extremely problematic issue that the film has caused these problems for its subjects, but looking at it academically, it's really an amazing testament that filmmaking can still be a powerful art form.
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posted by karina @ 11/09/2006 11:12 AM
