A documentary on the Australia-based band Hillsong and their rise to prominence as an international church.A documentary on the Australia-based band Hillsong and their rise to prominence as an international church.A documentary on the Australia-based band Hillsong and their rise to prominence as an international church.
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- TriviaOriginally intended for an April 2015 release, Warner Bros. pulled the release after Alcon was unsuccessful is securing the distribution rights.
Relativity Media then picked up the rights for a September 2015 release, until they filed for bankruptcy, dropping several other films in the process.
The film was finally released in September 2016 by Pure Flix Entertainment.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Midnight Screenings: Hillsong: Let Hope Rise/Bridget Jones's Baby (2016)
- SoundtracksWith Everything
Written and Performed by Joel Houston
Featured review
Next best thing to seeing Hillsong United in concert
This is a documentary that spends a lot of time informing its audience about the backgrounds of the titled worship group's members, their faith lives, families and the creative process. But it also gives a very real sense of what it must be like to see Hillsong United in concert, albeit without the full spiritual experience, which makes it worthwhile for fans of the group, praise and/or contemporary Christian music.
While I was familiar with the group and many of its songs, I did not know (until after I watched this film, wondered why certain members weren't in it, and did some rudimentary research) that Hillsong has multiple worship 'teams' including Hillsong Worship, which is not represented in the movie (though there is some member and creative overlap).
From its website, Hillsong United is "Committed to creating a musical expression that is almost uncomfortable in its uniqueness, our mission is to write songs that awaken churches and individuals to the fact that we are redeemed and called into the story of God". It is certainly evident in watching this documentary that the group is fulfilling its mission.
There is also a fabulous sequence just 20+ minutes into the movie: a composite version of "Mighty to Save", which you can find on the group's Hillsong Movie youtube channel, that's not to be missed.
While I was familiar with the group and many of its songs, I did not know (until after I watched this film, wondered why certain members weren't in it, and did some rudimentary research) that Hillsong has multiple worship 'teams' including Hillsong Worship, which is not represented in the movie (though there is some member and creative overlap).
From its website, Hillsong United is "Committed to creating a musical expression that is almost uncomfortable in its uniqueness, our mission is to write songs that awaken churches and individuals to the fact that we are redeemed and called into the story of God". It is certainly evident in watching this documentary that the group is fulfilling its mission.
There is also a fabulous sequence just 20+ minutes into the movie: a composite version of "Mighty to Save", which you can find on the group's Hillsong Movie youtube channel, that's not to be missed.
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- jacobs-greenwood
- Jun 29, 2017
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Box office
- Budget
- $800,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $2,394,386
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $1,357,243
- Sep 18, 2016
- Gross worldwide
- $2,649,761
- Runtime1 hour 43 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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By what name was Hillsong: Let Hope Rise (2016) officially released in Canada in English?
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