The Jesus Music

Consider the source. If you are looking for a documentary that looks with thoughtful introspection at the "Jesus" music movement - this is not the one. An early indicator would be the mention of Lonnie Frisbee as the original thought leader and flash point for the inclusion of contemporary music into christian services. The film never speaks about how he was ostracized for being gay .. and yet, it does examine (all be it briefly) the challenges the industry had with racism. But.. if you, like myself, "grew up" with this music it is a nice trip down memory lane and will spark many "whatever happened to" thoughts. Minor license is taken with chronology. Keith Green's impact and death are given cursory note and out of the correct chronological sequence. This is a show that "preaches to the choir" and having been someone who was at one time very much in the choir.. I enjoyed it.

Goes behind the scenes of the people's lives what they had to face from the world and how the church struggled with this music. The only reason I give it a 9 is so many stories weren't told like Phil keaggy, Larry Normans story was short, but overall a wonderful documentary.

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.

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.

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.