Originally produced in 1997 on the threshold of the Third Millennium of the Christian Era, and in celebration of the Jubilee of the Year of Our Lord 2000, The Vatican Museums was the culmination of three years of research and filming, the collaboration of thirty-two scholars and historians from around the world, a crew of forty directors of photography, operators, and lighting technicians, state-of-the-art digital cinematography, lighting, animation, and computerized editing, and the work of a famous composer with original performances by master musicians. Now available on DVD for the first time, this historic three-disc collection features seven hours of magnificent documentary film that illuminates and chronicles the great journey of the human spirit. Here then is the world's most spectacular and sacred repository of art, history, and faith.
Scott Mills travels to Uganda where the death penalty could soon be introduced for being gay. The ga...
A short documentary covering the conclave and election of Pope Pius XII.
An intimate portrait of the nuns of Kala Rongo, a rare and exceptional Buddhist Monastery exclusivel...
Everyday life in the Waks household is a logistical challenge of monumental proportions. There are t...
What started as a simple tomb became over a 2,000 years history the universal seat of Christendom an...
In 2018 Japan’s NHK television network was given unprecedented access to the Freer Gallery of Art’s ...
A short film about the meeting of a Trappist monk and a Zen Buddhist master.
Whether you are a Christian, atheist, or member of another faith, it's impossible to ignore the impa...
Each year, the pilgrimage of the Muslim brotherhood of the Mourides takes place in Touba. From all o...
King of the Jews is a film about anti-Semitism and transcendence. Utilizing Hollywood movies, 1950's...
A documentary based on the book Umbanda no Brasil by the scholar Mata e Silva, who is interviewed by...
Explores the influence of propaganda on religion during Hitler's reign as well as his representation...
BBC TV movie about the life of the late Francesco Forgione, widely known as Padre Pio.
Two Bangladeshi girls born and raised in London have weddings arranged for them against their will b...
The essence of progress in civilization has always been handiwork. In traditional Chinese civilizati...
Documentary telling the unexpected story of how arguably the greatest work of English prose ever wri...
As World War II looms, Pope Pius XI calls on a humble American priest to help him challenge the evil...
It is a fetish, a mantra, a secret religion to modern man: work. In times of the financial crisis an...