“A Love Letter to Gen Z”
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What You Need To Know:
THE REVIVAL GENERATION has an impressive production value, showcasing where people were before their conversions, the filmmakers piece the series of interviews seamlessly together, and they do a fantastic job of driving the Christian message home. The movie incorporates special effects in some of its title cards. It has a very strong biblical and Christian worldview with different people, including pastors and college students, referencing God and Scripture. It does not depict anything objectionable other than a brief drinking scene, and people reference their different struggles with pornography, drug, and alcohol addiction, rape, and vaping, so MOVIEGUIDE® recommends media-wisdom to discuss with some minor questionable elements.
Content:
Very strong Christian, biblical worldview with different people, including pastors and college students, referencing God and Scripture, people give speeches about Jesus transforming their lives and how they can transform the audience’s lives, someone wears a Jesus Loves You T-shirt, people fill up entire auditoriums and stadiums to hear people preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ and many people get baptized, some people even get baptized in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and many people, including college students, pray and verbally express a desire to follow Jesus;
No foul language;
References to cutting oneself and suicide, but both rebuked.;
References to someone getting raped and someone watching pornography, but both rebuked;
No nudity;
References to drinking and partying but both rebuked, and brief scene of college students getting drunk at an outdoor fountain but rebuked, because people use it to baptize people;
References to drug addiction and vaping, but both rebuked; and,
Nothing else objectionable.
More Detail:
THE REVIVAL GENERATION begins with footage of a few female college students who give their testimony as they talk to an off-screen interviewer about their struggles before they join UNITEUS. One of them, Mary Mykal Prewett, discusses her problems with alcohol and how a police officer found her on the road. He called her parents and took her to jail. When her parents pick her up, instead of reprimanding her, they embraced her. Because of Mary’s experience, her mom Tonya starts a small group of college girls that turns into the Christian revival movement known as UNITEUS.
The movie then goes through a series of interviews and footage of pastors preaching and people getting baptized. Different people give testimonies on where they were in life before their conversions. One convert in particular points out that UNITEUS stood out among other revival movements, because of how they only cared about bringing people to Jesus as opposed to getting money and increasing church attendance. Also, UNITEUS members do follow-ups with newcomers, providing people with a QR code to get in touch with them afterwards to see how their newfound Christian life is going. They also even provide resources to get them connected to a local church.
THE REVIVAL GENERATION has impressive production values. It has a clear sense of time that showcases where people were before their conversions. The filmmakers seamlessly piece the series of interviews together, and they do a fantastic job of driving the Christian message home. The movie incorporates special effects in some of its title cards when UNITEUS visit different cities in the Unites States where they place an establishing shot of each city with the footage overlayed in the font. Tears will flow down the viewer’s eyes upon hearing the different people give their testimonies.
THE REVIVAL GENERATION recalls another movie about the Christian revival movement called THE DOMINO REVIVAL. Both have “revival” in their name. This makes sense, because the two incorporate similar elements regarding the mass movement of Christian conversions that happened all over the country. The difference between THE DOMINO REVIVAL and THE REVIVAL GENERATION involves the target audience. Both movies take place during the COVID-19 pandemic at some point. However, while one focuses on the YouTube Pastors that began the revival during Covid, the other sheds a spotlight on Gen Z and their struggles. In particular, it focuses on how they long for connection with God after dealing with so much anxiety, depression and suicidal ideation. Thus, THE REVIVAL GENERATION deals with the Christian experience from the viewpoint of Gen Z converts.
THE REVIVAL GENERATION has a strong Christian, biblical worldview. Different people, including pastors and college students, reference God and Scripture, including such passages as John 3:16 and 8:36. People from UNITEUS give speeches about Jesus transforming their lives and how they can transform the audience members’ lives. Someone wears a Jesus Loves You T-shirt. People fill up entire auditorium and stadiums to hear people preach the Gospel. Also, many people get baptized and some even get baptized in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Finally, many people, including college students, pray, sing and verbally desire to follow Jesus. MOVIEGUIDE® advises caution for children for verbal references to sin, substance abuse and other content, but the bad behavior is rebuked.
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