'Til Kingdom Come (film)

'Til Kingdom Come focuses on International Fellowship of Christians and Jews (IFCJ) director Yael Eckstein, a Jewish Israeli, along with William Bingham III and Boyd Bingham IV, father and son pastors in Kentucky. using this phenomenon as a case study for Christian Zionism, a belief within dispensationalist versions of Evangelicalism that the gathering of Jews in Israel will bring about the Rapture or the Second Coming for Christians while sending Jews to Hell. In the film, Zinshtein argues that this "unholy alliance" between evangelicals in the United States and Jewish settlers in the West Bank provides political and material support for the establishment of Israeli settlements, leading right-wing Israelis to ignore the religious beliefs that underlie Christian Zionism. == Production ==

at Other Israel Film Festival in 2016 'Til Kingdom Come was directed by Jewish Israeli filmmaker Maya Zinshtein and written by Mark Monroe. Production began in 2017; The documentary film has a runtime of 76 minutes. == Release ==

'Til Kingdom Come was released in Israel in 2020, and in the United States on February 26, 2021. It was additionally shown in February 2021 at the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival. The documentary was scheduled to make its United States broadcast debut As a result, PBS stated that they had initiated an independent review of the film to determine whether it was suitable to be shown. The Jewish Telegraphic Agency reported that the editing of the quote was likely reported to PBS by the Zionist Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America. == Reception ==

While controversial, 'Til Kingdom Come received generally positive reviews. On the critical aggregator Metacritic, the film has a score of 77, indicating "generally favorable" reviews. A review in The New York Times found Zinshtein's approach effective, writing that her "patient, observant approach catches her subjects in moments of damning irony". It concluded that Boyd Bingham's "seeming good will cannot disguise his troubling convictions". IFCJ director Yael Eckstein stated that she believed the film reflected the political positions of its creators. == See also ==