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CHILD'S PRAY Jesus Camp turns its lens on Kids on Fire, and finds a denomination with its eyes on domination
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Limited Release: Sep 15, 2006; Rated: PG-13; Length: 85 Minutes; Genre: Documentary
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By Scott Brown
Scott Brown
Scott Brown
Scott Brown writes the Hit List for EW and is a frequent contributor to National Public Radio -- he has the tote bag to prove it

Imagine a place where focused, precocious kids pledge allegiance to a holy text and train as ideological warriors — even, yes, martyrs. You're imagining America — specifically, Kids on Fire, an evangelical madrassa devoted to fomenting a religiopolitical Children's Crusade. ''This world, all it feeds you is trash,'' says 12-year-old Levi. ''I want the meat.''

As a documentary, Jesus Camp could lose its haunted-house score and contrapuntal Air America refrains and still deliver its message: that, here and elsewhere, fundamentalism is no longer content with a separate peace. It wants the meat.


Posted Oct 04, 2006
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