Director: Jon Erwin, Brent McCorkle
Jesus Revolution is a 2023 American drama directed by Jon Erwin and Brent McCorkle, dramatizing a documented period of religious revival that spread among young people in Southern California during the early 1970s.
What is Jesus Revolution about?
Set largely around 1970, the story follows a teenage newcomer who drifts into the coastal California counterculture and encounters a growing community of young believers. A local pastor, whose small congregation has thinned, opens his doors to a wandering street preacher and the barefoot crowd that trails behind him. As these two figures bridge a gap of generation and culture, a modest church becomes a gathering point for hundreds, and then thousands, of young people looking for meaning outside mainstream institutions. The narrative traces personal relationships, family strain, and the practical strain of a movement that expands faster than anyone planned for, arriving at the wider public attention this wave of conversions eventually attracted.
Cast & crew
The cast is led by Joel Courtney as the young point-of-view character, Kelsey Grammer as the established pastor, and Jonathan Roumie as the itinerant preacher at the center of the movement. Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Anna Grace Barlow, and Julia Campbell appear in supporting roles. Erwin and McCorkle share the directing credit, with Erwin also among the writers who adapted the source material for the screen.
Context & significance
The events depicted draw on a period that American press of the era covered widely, including a 1971 national magazine cover feature on what was then labelled the Jesus movement. The film is adapted in part from a memoir written by one of the figures involved. It was produced and distributed in the United States in 2023 and runs roughly two hours. On IMDb it holds a rating near 7.2. The production is American rather than Iranian, and it sits within the faith-based drama category that has become a recurring segment of the US independent market. Historically, the early-1970s revival it portrays is described by researchers as a youth-culture phenomenon that overlapped with the broader counterculture of the same years.
Where & how to watch
Jesus Revolution can be streamed on K-Time once you are signed in; the page you are reading now is free to browse without logging in. The title is presented with Persian subtitles, so Farsi-speaking viewers across the diaspora can follow the dialogue, while the K-Time interface itself is built for a Persian-first experience. There is no Persian dubbed track available for this title.