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.
In the darkest days of World War II, St. Peter's was shrouded in the shadow of the swastika. But eve...
Ferruccio Castronuovo was the only authorized eye, between 1976 and 1986, to film the brilliant Ital...
Zombies are part of pop culture, but what are they? Where do they come from? To find real zombies we...
William Hart McNichols is a world renowned artist, heralded by Time magazine as "among the most famo...
Going to the very heart of the Bible's most challenging Book, this one hour documentary decodes the ...
Commentator-comic Bill Maher plays devil's advocate with religion as he talks to believers about the...
AMERICAN JESUS is an exploration of Christianity in every faction of American Life, from the breadli...
Narrated by Sir Derek Jacobi - star of the landmark television series "I, Claudius" - this documenta...
The Kabul National Museum, once known as the "face of Afghanistan," was destroyed in 1993. We filmed...
Josh-awan Bulman details some highlights of the Zhuang Alliance Group's Style Guide.
In the thick of a controversial war of ideas, two enlightening figures, Sam Harris, an atheist and a...
Sacred explores cultural and religious ritual as it relates to life’s cycles: birth, adolescence, ma...
The Athos peninsula in Greece is one of Europe's last secrets. Over 2000 monks live on Athos - cut o...
Some of them move. Others make noise. One weighs in at 700 pounds. Collectively, they represent the ...
A documentary about the confluence of Christianity and mixed martial arts, including ministries whic...
A look at the Hutterites, an Anabaptist religious community similar to the Amish or the Mennonites i...
A fascinating new look at the biblical, historical, and scientific evidence for Creation and the Flo...
A chronicle of the first nine years of Pope Francis' pontificate, including trips to 53 countries, f...