dEhiN's Blog

I Heart Revolution May 22, 2008

I saw Hillsong United: I Heart Revolution tonight. It’s supposed to be a documentary on worship and social justice. It was an interesting documentary – more of a cross between a documentary and a worship dvd. There was a lot of concert footage and about 90% or more of the audio track was songs sung at the concert(s) shown; every single song played is also on the I Heart Revolution cd. There was some good comments though on social justice, and connecting worship with justice in our Christian walks. There was an emphasis on how the two go together. There was also footage of some of the things the band did while touring – activities involving social justice (ex: spending time with the outcasts, etc), and things that were just plain old fun (ex: touring the city, clowning around on the sidewalks, etc). There was lastly footage of the people in the cities they visited – candid shots if you will. All three types of footage were mixed together and played over top of the audio track; the 10% or so of the time when the audio was commentary, the footage was usually of either the people commenting or the band being involved in justice activies. The other 90% of the time, the mixed footage was played over the song. It was a well-designed juxtaposition: concert footage of believers surrendered in worship against shots of the rest of the city. If you get a chance, check out www.i-heart.org.

DH