{"id":19719,"date":"2014-07-01T05:00:12","date_gmt":"2014-07-01T12:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/?p=19719"},"modified":"2014-07-01T02:19:13","modified_gmt":"2014-07-01T09:19:13","slug":"watch-teaser-for-hillsong-documentary-let-hope-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2014\/07\/watch-teaser-for-hillsong-documentary-let-hope-rise.html","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Teaser for Hillsong documentary Let Hope Rise<\/i>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>
<\/iframe><\/div>\nGot plans for next Easter? Apart from going to church, I mean? Today Warner Brothers and Alcon Entertainment announced that they will release <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/tag\/hillsong-let-hope-rise\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Hillsong: Let Hope Rise<\/a><\/i> \u2014 a documentary about Hillsong United, the chart-topping worship band from Sydney, Australia \u2014 on April 3, which just happens to be Good Friday on the western calendar. Warner and Alcon scored a huge success a few years ago with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/tag\/blind-side\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">The Blind Side<\/a><\/i>, the true story of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2009\/04\/sandra-bullock-tim-mcgraw-to-play-real-life-evangelical-couple.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">a Christian family<\/a> that took a troubled (but athletically talented) teen under its wing, so the two companies do know how to handle films with a built-in evangelical appeal.<\/p>\nA press release issued today says director <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm1434034\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Michael John Warren<\/a>, whose credits include everything from Jay-Z\u2019s Fade to Black<\/i> and Shrek the Musical<\/i> to the beer documentary The Magic of Heineken<\/i>, is currently following the band on its five-continent tour, and it says the film will also show the band preparing to record its next album.<\/p>\nI must admit I don\u2019t know anything<\/i> about Hillsong United, which has apparently been around <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hillsong_United_%28band%29\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">since 1998<\/a>, as I stopped paying attention to contemporary Christian music about 20 years ago (except for certain bands, like Daniel Amos). And the whole notion of treating church like theatre or a rock show \u2014 especially within a stadium-like setting \u2014 is pretty alien to where I\u2019m at these days. But I\u2019m mildly curious to see what I might learn about these guys from this film.<\/p>\nI\u2019m also wondering how many moviegoers will raise their hands and sway like they\u2019re at a worship service during the movie. 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