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.
Regular opening times do not apply as we accompany Sir David Attenborough on an after-hours journey ...
In the week when Hindus celebrate the holy festival of Diwali, this documentary tells the story of o...
A short documentary covering the conclave and election of Pope Pius XII.
Syndrome K is the true story about a highly contagious, highly fictitious disease created by three R...
When adults are ineffectual, children have to grow up quickly. Ola is 14 and she takes care of her d...
Commentator-comic Bill Maher plays devil's advocate with religion as he talks to believers about the...
It is a fetish, a mantra, a secret religion to modern man: work. In times of the financial crisis an...
Going to the very heart of the Bible's most challenging Book, this one hour documentary decodes the ...
AMERICAN JESUS is an exploration of Christianity in every faction of American Life, from the breadli...
Follows the stories of three young children who preach the word of the Lord.
King of the Jews is a film about anti-Semitism and transcendence. Utilizing Hollywood movies, 1950's...
Terry Wilson is a 70-year-old lifelong resident of Meadowvale Village, Ontario's first heritage dist...
Sámi artefacts from the Finnish National Museum are returning home to Sápmi, while the holy drums of...
Bible expert Bill Gallatin explores biblical prophecies from the Book of Revelation that have transp...
Documentary on the Jews of San Nicandro, Italy; a community of Christians who converted to Judaism d...
An in-depth look about the controversy surrounding Kevin Smith's "Dogma", and the effects it had on ...
Two thousand years ago, at the dawn of the first century, the ancient world was ruled by Rome. Throu...
In this documentary, Prof. Laércio Fonseca presents facts and connections between cosmology, the uni...