While The Jesus Music movie didn't hit Canadian theatres, it will soon be available for viewing.
The film all about how Christian Contemporary Music (CCM) began will be on Blu-Ray, DVD, and digitally on December 7.
"A lot of hymns are singing are close your eyes, singing to God. I wanted to sing with my eyes wide open, singing to each other," says Amy Grant, who is one of the many Christian musicians on the film.
Friends for decades, Grant and Michael W. Smith started their Christian music career together, in a sense. Grant broke out into the scene in 1978. Smith joined her as a keyboardist in 1982 for a year before releasing his first solo project. This December the two friends are doing a Christmas tour together.
"This thing called 'Jesus Music' found its way into my hometown, and it changed my life," says Smith in the movie trailer.
The film was directed by the Erwin Brothers, who also directed I Can Only Imagine and I Still Believe.
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The Jesus Music movement rose from America’s 1960s counterculture to become a worldwide phenomenon. The film is shot as a documentary, following its humble beginnings at the Calvary Chapel in Costa Mesa, California, to what it is today, a multi-million-dollar industry.
The film stars newer CCM artists such as Lauren Daigle, For King & Country, Natalie Grant, Hillsong United, Lecrae, and Kari Jobe. It also has Christian artists that have lasted throughout the past couple of decades, including Newsboys, Steven Curtis Chapman, Chris Tomlin, and TobyMac.
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