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Three Summer Camp Docs In Season

With summer just around the corner, kids all over the country are prepping for their summers of freedom. More than a fair share will spend some of the time at a camp, living with peers and fending for themselves for a few days, a week or longer. Tthree very different sumer camp documentaries are making their way into the festival circuit just as kids head off for the experience, and indieWIRE highlighted each recently.

Summercamp! is perhaps the most mainstream of the three, filmmakers Sarah Price and Bradley Beesley embedding themselves in camp like journalists in Iraq. With cameras rolling practically 24/7, the two captured the emotional anguish and eventual growth the teens and pre-teens found while away from home.

The other two, Jesus Camp and Camp Out (short synopsis here), couldn't be more different. The former is a training ground for the children of Evangelical Christians; the latter, a place for gay and lesbian Christian children to come to terms with their sexuality and religion. Jesus Camp, according to indieWIRE, becomes more a dialogue on religion and politics than archery and swimming lessons. And Camp Out, with its controversial subject matter, should prove to elicit strong emotions from audiences, postive or negative.

All three films have been at festivals including SXSW, Tribeca, and even the Cleavand International Film Festival. Jesus Camp and Camp Out will likely be making more rounds; the team behind Summercamp! is holding off on fests while they seek out distribution.

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Tags: Summercamp! Camp Out Jesus Camp SXSW documentary Tribeca independent film film

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Posted by Lisa on April 27, 2006 11:22 PM
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