The Jesus Music

2021
PG-13
1h 49m

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7.4/10

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With stirring songs of faith, love, and hope, Jesus music rose from America's 1960s counterculture movement to become a worldwide phenomenon. This fascinating documentary reveals the music's uplifting and untold story -- from its humble beginnings at the Calvary Chapel in Costa Mesa, California through its transformation into the multibillion-dollar industry of Christian Contemporary Music today.

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This documentary reveals Jesus Music's untold story - from its humble beginnings at the Calvary Chapel in Costa Mesa, California through its transformation into the multi-billion-dollar indu... Read allThis documentary reveals Jesus Music's untold story - from its humble beginnings at the Calvary Chapel in Costa Mesa, California through its transformation into the multi-billion-dollar industry of Christian Contemporary Music today.This documentary reveals Jesus Music's untold story - from its humble beginnings at the Calvary Chapel in Costa Mesa, California through its transformation into the multi-billion-dollar industry of Christian Contemporary Music today.

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7.4/10

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10colewaters

Moving

The Jesus Music is what I call a moving movie about Christian music. I love Christian music and seeing a movie about how it became was really really good. I loved every second of this film.

10jhn_knr

Loved it

I had to drive 70 miles round-trip to see this and it was very much worth it. I laughed a lot, teared up several times, and got to relive my youth and the music that came to define it. It was essentially the soundtrack of my life. I definitely appreciated this documentary and all who gave their time to be involved in it.

10loiacki

Great trip down memory lane

This movie captured the soundtrack of my childhood into my 20's and beyond. It was very well done and really brought back a lot of memories. I am happy they tackled some of the more difficult topics and I hope people learn and stop repeating the past.

7dblanken47

50 years in 100 minutes.

The executive producers of this documentary are Amy Grant and Michael W Smith. Much of this documentary is about...Amy Grant and Michael W Smith. There's a lot of good here, but as other reviewers have noted there are a lot of important artists that were left out. In this day and age material like this would have better been served to be a six-part documentary. One episode for each decade? Or each episode centering on thematic issues like the content of the lyrics, the quality of music, how CCM has changed music styles in the local church, etc? Still, it was worth a trip down memory lane.

7gheppler-1

Missed opportunity

I like how the documentary talks about the very beginnings of Christian music. There are so many missed artists that they could have highlighted. They spent too much time on Stryper, DC talk, and others. I would have cut those parts down and added people such as Randy Stonehill, the Imperials, and many, many others that blazed the trail the foundation of Christian music.