Jesus Camp

The film is fascinating, but that has nothing to do with the filmmakers. Actually, the filmmakers only do a good job of marginalizing the subject with a structured documentary that couldn't be more leniant to one side and an off suit of Air America interests. The radio host who shows up through out the film is a planted commentator on right wing religious extemism, but he is also an Air America talk show host and comes to the most basic disagreements with the religious right. The documentary is about a certain group who uses shocking methods to initiate children, but the film doesn't ask larger questions. It's basic coverage of the freak show that is this group and lumps their antics with the rest of the religious right. I was genuinely shocked by some things that were shown and there were hints that this group is an extreme example so I don't think a distinction was made to separate this group from other religious movements. The most critical commentators of the religious right believe it is fractured and does no pose a great threat to democracy, but this film is a shock effort to make you think differently. It is an attempt to use one ridiculous example of indoctrination and lump it with all the others. I don't buy the shock and awe that this film tries to instill.