Electric Jesus (2020) on Netflix
In 1986, a teenage sound technician named Erik joins 316, a Christian rock group. A pastor's daughter stows away aboard the band's bus during its tour of church gigs.
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Plot summary
316 is a Christian hair metal group from South Carolina that aims to make Jesus known through its music, and it hopes to land an opening slot with Stryper. In the summer of 1986, Erik, a shy teenage sound technician, joins the band. Promoter Skip Wick offers a bus tour of church concerts through the American South, and the group takes the chance. Sarah, whose father is a pastor, stows away on the group's bus.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Electric Jesus (2020)
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- The real-life Christian metal band Stryper is central to the film: the fictional band 316 spends the summer trying to win an opening slot on a tour featuring Stryper, and performs the band's song "Makes Me Wanna Sing" at a Christian summer camp.
- Writer-director Chris White was raised in Southern Baptist evangelical culture and drew on it for the film, saying that unlike the sinister or stupid church people of most movies, his friends were funny and flawed and sincerely loved Jesus and Christian rock.
