U.S. Premiere of


“Praying for Armageddon”


Hamptons International Film Festival

Sunday, October 8, 2023

CHILLING NEW DOCUMENTARY

FEATURES MIKEY WEINSTEIN AND

MRFF ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER 

COL. (RET) LAWRENCE WILKERSON



"Praying for Armageddon ... reveals the power and influence of U.S. fundamentalist Evangelicals as they aim to fulfill the prophecy of a Holy War that will trigger the Second Coming of Christ."


— Variety, 9/14/23

(WATCH!) PRAYING FOR ARMAGEDDON |
Official Trailer | UpNorth Film (2023)
Click to Watch Official Trailer (1:49)

"Praying for Armageddon is a political thriller that investigates the dangerous consequences of the fusion between Evangelical Christianity and American politics. Through years of reporting, this film not only reveals how structures of fundamentalism weaken the very fabric of American democracy, but also highlights the devastating impact religion wields on U.S. foreign policy."


— UpNorth Film

HAMPTONS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL


U.S. Premiere


“PRAYING FOR ARMAGEDDON”


Featuring Mikey Weinstein and

MRFF Advisory Board Member Col. (Ret) Lawrence Wilkerson


Regal UA East Hampton Cinema

30 Main Street, East Hampton, NY

Sunday, October 8, 2023

2:15 PM EDT



From Hamptons International Film Festival:


"PRAYING FOR ARMAGEDDON is a chilling political docu-thriller that reveals the power and influence of U.S. fundamentalist Evangelicals as they aim to fulfill the prophecy of a Holy War that will trigger the Second Coming of Christ. Award-winning director Tonje Hessen Schei (iHUMAN, DRONE) gains unprecedented access to Evangelical preachers, politicians, and the self-proclaimed 'warriors of God' who are fueling the volatile situation in Israel and Palestine. From grassroots rallying to megachurch empires to the dark backrooms of Washington, D.C., this alarming film uncovers the insidious movement behind escalating spirals of violence in the Middle East, with the ultimate aim to destroy our civilization."

Hamptons International Film Festival "Praying for Armageddon" page

Ticket package selection begins September 19-21.

Members presale begins September 23 at noon.

Individual tickets go on sale September 25 at noon.

Click for full ticket information and pricing

MRFF'S MIKEY WEINSTEIN FEATURED IN DOCUMENTARY PROMO EXCERPT


"Reporter Lee Fang talks to Mikey Weinstein, MRFF about the significance of the 7 Mountains Mandate and the New Apostolic Reformation, 'Their job is to transform the military, and the militaries of the world, into this version of weaponized Christianity. Jerry Boykin, a former 3-star general, made it clear that when Jesus comes back, he'll be carrying an AR-15.'" — UpNorth Film

MRFF Founder and President Mikey Weinstein
Click to view Promo Excerpt (0:43)

(Recorded prior to premiere announcement date)


MRFF Matters – 5/10/23 – Mikey Weinstein Trumpets Chilling Documentary "Praying for Armageddon"

Click to Watch Video (2:32)

VARIETY REVIEWS

PRAYING FOR ARMAGEDDON


‘Praying For Armageddon’ Review:

A Chilling Look At The Pastors, Politicians and

Power Brokers Agitating for Apocalypse, Now


By: Jessica Kiang


Saturday, March 25, 2023


(MRFF summary of review)



Variety’s review of ‘Praying For Armageddon’ describes the documentary, which features Mikey Weinstein and MRFF Advisory Board Member Larry Wilkerson, as “unnerving,” “persuasive and increasingly alarming,”

calling the film’s “core thesis” that American Christian fundamentalists are “actively working to bring about the end of the world as we know it” “abundantly, horribly clear.” The review ends by calling the film a “compelling, sobering” revelation that “the hitherto unimagined scale of a type of political insanity that would entrust the future to people who don’t want there to be a future at all.”

Click to read review on Variety
DEADLINE REVIEWS
PRAYING FOR ARMAGEDDON

New Documentary Shows How American Evangelicals Are ‘Praying For Armageddon’ And Pulling The Levers Of Power To Achieve It – CPH:DOX

By: Matthew Carey

Monday, March 20, 2023

(MRFF summary of review)

Deadline notes that “Praying For Armageddon” makes the case that fundamentalist evangelical Christian leaders such as John Hagee of Christians United for Israel (CUFI) who seek to bring on the end times not only “watch for indications of the coming apocalypse, but more than that, they are influencing policy decisions that will hasten the fulfillment of what they see as prophesy,” pointing out that this in no longer just a fringe movement but that “apocalyptic ideology has received a warm embrace from many conservatives in Congress.” The review quotes MRFF Advisory Board Member Larry Wilkerson, who appears in the film, explaining that “evangelical fundamentalist chaplains go to some place where basic training graduates and they say beforehand… ‘These troops are at their most vulnerable. They’ve been wracked and trained to death. Go get ‘em,’” and saying of mass baptisms held at the end of Basic Training, “And they proselytize and get them, take them down and baptize them and then they’re part of the Christian nationalists.”
Click to read review on Deadline
YAHOO! NEWS REVIEWS
PRAYING FOR ARMAGEDDON

'Praying for Armageddon' exposes the power, influence of U.S. fundamentalist evangelicals

By: Elisabetta Bianchini

Monday, May 8, 2023

(MRFF summary of review)

Yahoo! News describes “Praying For Armageddon” as a “political thriller” that “exposes the influence of U.S. fundamentalist evangelicals on politics and democracy, with the aim to fulfill the biblical Armageddon prophecy.” The review quotes filmmaker Tonje Hessen Schei saying of the film’s exposure of the fundamentalist Christians’ strategic infiltration of the military, “… seeing how they are taking over or positioning themselves in the U.S. military as well. Where they are recruiting soldiers and having these baptizing ceremonies at the end of their training. All of a sudden you have all these Christian nationalists that are part of the military, the U.S. military.”
Click to read review on Yahoo! News
Since its inception in 2005, MRFF has spoken up about the Fundamentalist Evangelical infatuation with Armageddon
9/4/07 – Pentagon So Intertwined with Apocalyptic Evangelicals, they’re having “Save your Souls” Ceremonies in Pentagon Courtyard
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