Is Genesis History? (2017)

Is Genesis History? makes its case with the kind of cinematic curiosity most faith-and-science documentaries only promise: Del Tackett doesn’t just talk in lecture halls, he treks through canyons, climbs mountains, and goes beneath the sea, letting the natural world become the film’s vivid “exhibit A.” The result is polished, accessible, and genuinely engaging, weaving interviews with credentialed scientists and scholars into a travelogue that feels more like an investigation than a sermon. Its tone is confident and reverent, inviting you to consider a young-Earth, Genesis-literal framework as a coherent way of reading both Scripture and the physical record. It’s not for viewers looking for a neutral debate between mainstream geology and creationism, but if you’re on the fence and want a clear, energetic presentation of the creationist worldview at its strongest, it’s an absorbing watch.

Is Genesis History? is trying to package young-Earth creationism into a slick, travelogue-style documentary, pairing gorgeous nature footage with interviews that argue Genesis is literal history. The catch is it’s far less an open-ended investigation than a confidently guided sermon-with-scientists, presenting one side as “the” conclusion while giving mainstream geology and evolutionary biology little real space to answer back. If you’re looking for a balanced science documentary or a debate that seriously tests competing explanations, this will likely feel selective, repetitive, and more persuasive than curious. If, however, you already lean toward a literal Genesis framework, it’s polished, accessible, and earnest enough to work as a faith-affirming overview rather than a neutral inquiry.