Masterworks

A Life Apart: Hasidism in America

eric — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 17:00:16 -0500

Seven years in the making, A Life Apart: Hasidism in America explores the world of modern Hasidism.

At the Death House Door

Administrator — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 03:05:49 -0500

At the Death House Door follows the remarkable career journey of Pastor Carroll Pickett, who served 15 years as the death house chaplain to the infamous "Walls" prison unit in

Awakening Compassion

Administrator — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 17:35:40 -0500

Tibetan Buddhists have long used lojong, or "mind training," to transform difficulties into insights.

Baraka

eric — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 08:38:29 -0500

"Baraka," an ancient Sufi word, means "breath" or "essence of life from which the evolutionary process unfolds." The film Baraka is a tantalizing tour throu

Beyond Belief

Administrator — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:31:27 -0500

"You choose your way into yourselves," is a most apt description of how two widowers manage their lives in the years following their husbands' deaths on planes that crashed into the Wor

Beyond Our Differences

Administrator — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 09:41:25 -0600

The spiritual beliefs and religious experiences of dozens of religious leaders, luminaries and politicians are revealed in this engaging documentary.

Bonhoeffer

Administrator — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 14:30:04 -0500

Bonhoeffer tells the gripping story of a pacifist turned assassin.

Death and Transformation

Administrator — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 10:31:57 -0600

Huston Smith, world religions scholar and holder of twelve honorary degrees, speaks of facing death in this intimate interview captured on film in August of 2006.

Devil's Playground

Administrator — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 14:55:10 -0500

The primary rite of passage celebrated in the Amish community is wrenching. Boys and girls raised in the insular Amish world are turned loose at the age of 16 to experience the secular world.

Dharma River: Journey of a Thousand Buddhas

Administrator — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 15:00:31 -0500

The striking visuals in the film Dharma River flow along the legendary rivers of Laos, Thailand and Burma.

Divan

eric — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 09:14:46 -0500

To reclaim an ancestral couch upon which Hasidic rebbes slept, Pearl Gluck travels from her Hasidic community in Brooklyn to her roots in Hungary.

Doing Time, Doing Vipassana

Administrator — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 15:14:50 -0500

India's Tihar jail in New Delhi holds 10,000 prisoners, 9,000 of whom are awaiting trial. A prisoner can wait six to seven years to receive a one-year sentence for pickpocketing.

Faith and Doubt at Ground Zero

Administrator — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 15:23:06 -0500

What was it we saw on Sept. 11th? Was it the face of religion? And where, if one is a believer, was God? Indeed, if one is not a believer, did Sept. 11th make the idea of God more improbable?

For the Bible Tells Me So

Administrator — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 09:58:56 -0600

Can the love between two people ever be an abomination? Is the chasm separating gays and lesbians and Christianity too wide to cross? Is the Bible an excuse to hate?

From Fear to Fearlessness

Administrator — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 19:28:16 -0500

Pema Chodron, Buddhist nun and resident teacher at Gampo Abbey, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, vividly describes in this audio CD set the "Four Great Catalysts for Awakening," which are cent

From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians

Administrator — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 15:35:05 -0500

From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians challenges with new and controversial historical evidence the familiar assumptions about the life of Jesus and the epic rise of Christianity.

Genesis: A Living Conversation

Administrator — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 15:56:24 -0500

Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden...Noah and the Flood...God's call to Abraham...Joseph in exile in Egypt.

Graceful Passages

Administrator — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 16:52:47 -0500

Graceful Passages is an experiential tool designed for individuals who face the prospect of dying.

Heritage: Civilization and the Jews

Administrator — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 17:07:24 -0500

Winner of the coveted Peabody Award, this series sprawls across nine hours and five millennia.

Home to Tibet

Administrator — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 17:16:37 -0500

Home to Tibet is a rare view into the world of Tibet and its people.

In the Light of Reverence

Administrator — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 10:26:31 -0500

Across the USA, the struggle over sacred sites on public and private land continues for Native Americans of different tribes. This film portrait of land-use conflicts for three of those trib

Inside Mecca

Administrator — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 17:20:26 -0500

With 1.3 billion believers, Islam is the world's fastest growing religion.

Into Great Silence

Administrator — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 18:38:53 -0600

During the close to two-hour film Into Great Silence there is no dialogue, there is no musical score, and there is no artificial lighting. Rather, the creak of monastery floorboards

Jerusalem: One City, Three Faiths

eric — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 16:45:44 -0500

Jerusalem: One City, Three Faiths tells the fascinating story of Jerusalem from its earliest beginnings during the third millennium BCE to the present day.

Jews & Christians: A Journey of Faith

Administrator — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 17:23:32 -0500

This award-winning documentary is based on the book Our Father Abraham: The Jewish Roots of the Christian Faith by Marvin R.

John Paul II: The Millennial Pope

Administrator — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 17:29:03 -0500

The world reacted to the election of Karol Wojtyla to the papacy in 1978 with surprise and hope. Pope John Paul II was the first non-Italian elected pope since the fifteenth century.

Long Night's Journey into Day

Administrator — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 17:38:06 -0500

This portrait of the end of the South African Apartheid era provides a dramatic inside look at one of the most innovative and ambitious attempts at dialogue and healing in human history.

Merton: A Film Biography

Administrator — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 18:04:55 -0500

Thomas Merton, hailed as a prophet by some, censured for his outspoken social criticism by others, was a monk of the austere Trappist order.

Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet

Administrator — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 19:44:05 -0500

Fourteen hundred years ago, a humble merchant who could not read or write changed the face of Arabia.

Muslims

Administrator — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 19:52:09 -0500

The events of September 11^th left many Americans asking how such atrocities could be perpetrated in the name of religion: specifically, Islam. Award-winning producers Alvin H.

Mystic Iran: The Unseen World

Administrator — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 19:56:51 -0500

The first known written declaration of freedom of faith was discovered on a stone scroll dating back to the time of Cyrus the Great, King of ancient Babylon.

Origin of Christianity

eric — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 16:51:25 -0500

Origin of Christianity is a compelling 10-episode series on the Christian faith viewed through the lens of history.

Out of Faith

Administrator — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:56:44 -0500

Intermarriage between individuals of different faiths is at the root of a family crisis in the Welbel family from Skokie, Illinois.

Peace Is Every Step

Administrator — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 20:01:00 -0500

The Life and Work of Thich Nhat Hanh

Peace Is Every Step provides an intimate portrait of the life of Thich Nhat Hanh, internationally known Vietnamese Buddhist monk, poet, and

Promises

eric — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 17:43:32 -0500

Promises, a film about seven Palestinian and Israeli children, focuses on the Middle East conflict from a human rather than political perspective.

Ram Dass: Fierce Grace

eric — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 18:01:30 -0500

Filmmaker Mickey Lemle - who has known Ram Dass for more than twenty-five years, intersperses vivid, often hilariously funny archival footage from the hippie era with intimate glimpses of Ram Das

Renewal

Administrator — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 09:54:00 -0600

Across the U.S., there is a growing interfaith call for environmental activism.

Rumi: Poet of the Heart

Administrator — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 20:07:52 -0500

Jelaluddin Rumi, born in present-day Iran seven hundred years ago, is the best selling poet in America.

Salesman

Administrator — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 20:16:06 -0500

The cult classic Salesman follows four door-to-door Bible salesmen as they walk the line between hype and despair.

Scared Sacred

Administrator — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 20:21:19 -0500

The director of this award-winning documentary wanders the globe on a five-year odyssey, in search of what he calls today's "Ground Zeroes." Velcrow Ripper seeks individuals who continu

Siddhartha

Administrator — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 20:35:30 -0500

Herman Hesse's masterpiece, Siddhartha, is the story of Siddhartha Guatama, son of a Brahmin, who initially follows Buddha's

Sister Helen

eric — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 07:14:32 -0500

In this compelling no-frills documentary, a 69-year-old Benedictine nun rules a private home for recovering male addicts in the South Bronx with strict curfews, tough language and a large heart.

Soul Searching: The Journey of Thomas Merton

eric — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 07:46:52 -0500

The voice of author, social activist, poet, and monk Thomas Merton, who died suddenly at the age of 53, resonates in the recently released documentary Soul Searching: The Journey of Thomas Me

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Taize

eric — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 07:51:47 -0500

Burgundy, France, is home to Taize, an international ecumenical community founded more than six decades ago.
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Talmud

eric — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 09:59:10 -0500

Tucked into this historically dense and compelling documentary about the Talmud are delightful anecdotes that enliven the story of the "hidden face of the Torah," the guide for Jewish c
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Taoism: Essential Teachings of the Way and Its Power

eric — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 07:58:17 -0500

Legend has it that an 80-year-old sage, Lao Tzu, was encouraged to write down his wisdom by a border guard standing at China's wester
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They Killed Sister Dorothy

Administrator — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:22:00 -0600

A murder trial took place at the mouth of the Amazon River. The victim, Sister Dorothy Stang, a 73-year-old Catholic nun from Dayton, Ohio, was shot six times at point blank range.
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Thomas Berry: The Great Story

Administrator — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:51:52 -0600

Thomas Berry, who passed away recently at the age of 94, considered himself a “geologian,” a term he used to define a scholar of the earth and its evolutionary processes. His faith and teac
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Three Faiths, One God

eric — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 08:07:58 -0500

Three Faiths, One God: Judaism, Christianity, Islam captures a fascinating interreligious dialogue on film.
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Trembling Before G_d

eric — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 08:34:48 -0500

Trembling Before G_d is a fearless and unprecedented feature documentary that shatters assumptions about faith, sexuality, and religious fundamentalism.
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Trust Me, Shalom, Salaam, Peace

eric — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 18:37:30 -0500

Trust Me Shalom, Salaam, Peace, is a funny, inspiring and deeply moving film about overcoming prejudices and fears at an interfaith summer camp.
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Unmistaken Child

Administrator — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 06:31:47 -0600

A visually stunning four-year search through the breathtaking Tibetan landscape ends in a village hut.
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What Do You Believe?

Administrator — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 03:04:26 -0600

In this award-winning documentary, Buddhist, Christian, Muslim, Pagan, Native American, and Jewish teens share their most personal struggles and beliefs about faith, morality, suffering and death
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What the Bleep Do We Know?

eric — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 08:40:46 -0500

Spirituality merges with science in this groundbreaking film, which blends quantum mechanics with fundamental questions about life.
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With God On Our Side

robyn — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 09:07:23 -0500

This six-part series spans a tumultuous 40-year period in the United States that marks the rise of evangelical politics.
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The Battle For God

Administrator — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 16:58:42 -0500

Fundamentalism has taken center stage as one of the most powerful forces in today's world, yet it remains incomprehensible to large numbers of people.
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The Four Noble Truths

Administrator — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 15:47:34 -0500

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The Life of Buddha

eric — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 09:29:56 -0600

Prince Siddhartha's spiritual journey and transformation into the Buddha are envisioned and described in this film by local storytellers,
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The Mormons

Administrator — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 18:10:39 -0500

PBS programs "Frontline" and "American Experience" joined forces for the first time in 2007 to present a two-part documentary entitled The Mormons.
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The Mosque in Morgantown: America at a Crossroads

Administrator — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 10:04:54 -0500

An issue often faced by those who hold religious beliefs is how best to support and encourage change in a community.
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The Power of Forgiveness

eric — Mon, 12 May 2008 21:09:29 -0500

Forgiveness is at the forefront of scientific research conducted by healthcare specialists
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The Question of God

eric — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 17:49:33 -0500

The Question of God makes the case that Sigmund Freud and C.S. Lewis are illuminating and provocative representatives of their respective secular and spiritual belief systems.
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The Secrets of the Dead Sea Scrolls

Administrator — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 20:26:46 -0500

The misconception that most of what there is to know about the 2,000 year-old Dead Sea Scrolls was revealed after their discovery in the late 1940s and early 1950s is turned upside down in this f
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The Shakers: Hands to Work, Hearts to God

Administrator — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 20:30:42 -0500

"I will bow and be simple.
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A Time for Burning

eric — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 08:27:34 -0500

This Academy Award-winning 1966 documentary follows a white, middle-class church in Omaha, Nebraska, struggling to reach out to the African American population in that city.
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