OUR REVIEW
Who's in It: Becky Fischer, Mike Papantonio
The Basics: Watch as little children are brainwashed at a far-right-wing Pentecostal Christian youth camp. It will overwhelm and disturb you. Unless you're a far-right-wing Pentecostal Christian. Then you'll jump up and down and cheer.
What's the Deal? This documentary was almost too freaky for me to watch from beginning to end. It's rough seeing children chanting, "Righteous judges!" at a preteen anti-abortion rally church service and speaking in tongues and crying tears of religious ecstasy and entering trancelike states. To a liberal secular humanist like myself, it feels like watching child abuse.
Who's in Charge: Interview subject Becky Fischer oversees the little ones. She's a children's pastor, and she leads the camp, which is designed to intensify the fervor of these mostly home-schooled kids. Mike Papantonio is shown on camera as the loyal opposition, a liberal Christian radio host who's appalled by Fischer's methods and political viewpoints.
Just What Are Fischer's Viewpoints? The usual Republican stuff, but colored by a theocratic wish for a future in which democracy is discarded in favor of a Christ-centered government, one in which conservative Christians will make the rules. Gee, I can't wait.
Liberal Bias: The film itself, though made by what I assume are two political and spiritual liberals (Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady), is pretty even-handed. The score is a little on the doom and drone side, but that's about all you might object to. If you were to object. Reportedly, Fischer has seen the finished movie and is happy with it.
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