The first of four installments in the groundbreaking Heartbeat of the World anthology film series. Comprised of several short films by some of the world's most exciting directors, Words with Gods follows the theme of religion - specifically as it relates to an individual's relationship with his/her god or gods...or the lack thereof. In Words with Gods, each director recounts a narrative centered around human fragility, as well as environmental and cultural crises involving specific religions with which each has a personal relationship; including early Aboriginal Spirituality, Umbanda, Buddhism, the Abrahamic faiths, Hinduism, and Atheism. An animated sequence by Mexican animator Maribel Martinez is woven through each of the film segments, with each segment narratively connected as a feature-length film.

In an economically struggling small town, Jenny, a young married woman, begins an affair with June, ...

In 26 AD, Judah Ben-Hur, a Jew in ancient Judea, opposes the occupying Roman empire. Falsely accuse...

A radio astronomer receives the first extraterrestrial radio signal ever picked up on Earth. As the ...

When an arranged marriage brings Ada and her spirited daughter to the wilderness of nineteenth-centu...

A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign...

A family loaded with quirky, colorful characters piles into an old van and road trips to California ...

A classic of the silent age, this film tells the story of the doomed but ultimately canonized 15th-c...

When a guardian angel – who invisibly watches over the citizens of Los Angeles – becomes captivated ...

Luise, called Pünktchen, and Anton are closest of friends. Being the daughter of a wealthy surgeon, ...

It ain't easy bein' green -- especially if you're a likable (albeit smelly) ogre named Shrek. On a m...

After the death of his mother, a young boy calls a radio station in an attempt to set his father up ...

During a writing slump, playwright J.M. Barrie meets a widow and her four children, all young boys—w...

Nurse Nora is looking forward to her first Christmas vacation in years and wants to spend it quietly...

A 12 year-old Olympic swimmer and her mother (both played by July) speak to the public about “going ...

Four alternating stories about mundane, personal methods of control. Children and a developmentally ...

A lesbian with commitment issues befriends a widowed mother who is visiting her workaholic daughter.

The story of a family of Quakers in Indiana in 1862. Their religious sect is strongly opposed to vio...

A former child star buys her grandmother's house to rescue it from ruin but her hope for serenity is...

It follows Bennett, a nonbinary new parent, who arrives late to their postpartum "Mamas Group" at a ...

A novelist's longstanding marriage is suddenly upended when she overhears her husband giving his hon...