The history of nuns mirrors the history of all women -- in what we are taught about the past, women are almost invisible. Although today's one million nuns outnumber priests two to one, they must struggle to be heard by the all-male Roman Catholic hierarchy from which they are excluded. Behind the Veil: Nuns is the first film ever to record from a global perspective the turbulent history and remarkable achievements of women in religion, from pre-Christian Celtic communities to the radical sisters of the 1980s. Contemporary nuns of strength, dignity and commitment speak of their lives and of their predecessors.
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Three moments in the life of Fray Bartolomé de Las Casas; his youth encounter with the natives; his ...
An intimate portrait of the nuns of Kala Rongo, a rare and exceptional Buddhist Monastery exclusivel...
Matt Walsh's controversial doc challenges radical gender ideology through provocative interviews and...
Scott Mills travels to Uganda where the death penalty could soon be introduced for being gay. The ga...
Power Meri follows Papua New Guinea's first national women's rugby league team, the PNG Orchids, on ...
A classic of the silent age, this film tells the story of the doomed but ultimately canonized 15th-c...
In 2013, Vanessa Springora recounts how she found herself under the influence of a famous writer. In...
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A short film about the meeting of a Trappist monk and a Zen Buddhist master.
In 25 AD, Judah Ben-Hur, a Jew in ancient Judea, opposes the occupying Roman empire. Falsely accuse...
Three young Irish women struggle to maintain their spirits while they endure dehumanizing abuse as i...
Documentary film about Catholic Church teachings about homosexuality. Describes the "third way", the...
This film depicts the life of Saint John Bosco, who dedicated his life to rescuing abandoned and exp...
The life of a couple with the disease of endometriosis, she will have to make a choice, but which on...
A native of Sennwald, Anna Göldi arrived in Glarus in 1765. For seventeen years, she worked as a mai...
Women’s voices rise to deliver testimonies of victims of sexual violence. By reconstructing a story ...
The plot of the film unfolds in the ancient monastery of Dokhiar on the west coast of Mount Athos, o...
An exploration of the intersection between religion and homosexuality in the U.S. and how the religi...
In his lifetime, Thomas Merton was hailed as a prophet and censured for his outspoken social critici...