A Jew, a Catholic and a film crew walk into a born-again summer camp

\"Jesus Camp,\" a documentary about a summer program at which evangelical children are taught to \"take back America for Christ.\"

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Jean Oppenheimer

September 28, 2006

What are a secular Jew and a lapsed Catholic doing making a film about born-again Christians?

“We were interested in exploring children and faith,” explained Rachel Grady, co-director of “Jesus Camp,” a documentary about a summer program at which evangelical children are taught to “take back America for Christ.” Grady and co-director Heidi Ewing, her partner at New York-based Loki Films, became intrigued with the subject while making their last documentary, “The Boys of Baraka,” which featured a 12-year-old boy who had already found his “calling” in preaching.

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