Product Details

• Actors: Jay Wiesner, Brad Froslee, Ross Murray
• Directors: Kirk Marcolina, Larry Grimaldi
• Format: Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Liberation Ent
• DVD Release Date: August 5, 2008
• Run Time: 78 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0018PH3N8
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #71,828 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Feature documentary that follows ten Midwestern teenagers as they attend the first overnight Bible Camp for gay Christian youths. For these six boys and four girls, it's just as hard to come out as Christian as it is to come out as gay. They're caught in the battle between religion, politics and sexuality that's raging in the United States today. These kids are outsiders - their straight classmates ostracize them and their churches reject them. But like all teens, they yearn to feel at home, somewhere. Struggling to find a way to be true to both their spirituality and their sexual identity, these teens come to camp hoping to finally find a place of acceptance.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fun and Compelling Movie, May 17, 2008

By	Sam Smith - See all my reviews

This doc about gay teens who attend a Bible camp is fascinating. Watching the kids open up about their religious beliefs and their sexual orientation is very compelling. I saw the movie at Outfest, LA's gay film festival, and the audience went wild -- giving a huge standing ovation at the end. In fact it won the audience award for the best doc that year. I'll definitely get a copy to add to my collection when it comes out. Both the gay and Christian communities can learn a lot through the kids' honesty.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Camp out, June 15, 2008

By	Lisa "Lisa" (Wisconsin) - See all my reviews

This film was so well done it made me laugh and it also made me cry but what is did most of all is open my eye`s to how hard it is for some young adults
to have to struggle with their everyday living and how they deal with their feeling`s.
But I have a feeling everyone of these young people will do GREAT in this life we all have to just keep fighting the fight!
Thank you Tim, Jesse, Christine,Thomas ect, for that peek into your lives and opening alot of peoples eye`s!

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Reconciling Sexuality, May 8, 2008

By	Amos Lassen (Little Rock, Arkansas) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

"Camp Out"

Reconciling Sexuality

Amos Lassen

Coming in August from Liberation Entertainment is an amazing little film, "Camp Out". In the film a group of gay teens celebrate, question and reconcile their sexuality at a Bible camp which is not at all typical. Coming to terms with sexuality and religion is not a new subject but actually seeing people do it and express their views vocally is.
The Naming Project in rural Minnesota sponsors a teen summer camp which provides a religious summer for GLBT teens. It is the first, and to my knowledge, the only camp like this.
Thomas is eighteen years old is gay and wants to be Christian but he knows that there is a movement and a backlash against Christian gay people and he wants to know how he can be who he is when people tell him that he is evil. He says his love for G-d is the greatest attribute he has. Tim is also at camp because he has no gay friends and would like some as well as a boyfriend. Christine is a young lesbian who is introverted and there is Jesse who is everyone's favorite hottie.
The group has spiritual activities and singalongs with the pastors Brad and Jay and they also have some typical gay activities such as "Truth or Dare". There is a lot of drama with these youngsters and this is what makes the film so interesting. We see a whole new generation of gay youth and see what the future of gay America will look like. This is a documentary worth owning as it answers many of the questions that adults have as well.