The Monastery (2019)
• September 27th, 2019 • 0h 0min
Documentary
Overview
For the first time, cloistered sisters agree to be filmed for one year in all aspects of their lives. The nuns of Berthierville, the only Francophone community of Dominican nuns in North America for nearly a century, engage in a rare and unique documentary in which exceptional testimonies and archives intermingle.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Surviving Columbus
Released on: 1992-11-16
Documentary, TV Movie
This Peabody Award-winning documentary from New Mexico PBS looks at the European arrival in the Amer...
Religulous
Released on: 2008-10-01
Documentary, Comedy
Commentator-comic Bill Maher plays devil's advocate with religion as he talks to believers about the...
Into Great Silence
Released on: 2005-09-04
Documentary
An intimate portrayal of the everyday lives of Carthusian monks of the Grande Chartreuse, high in th...
Keep Up the Good Work
Released on: 2013-05-02
Documentary, Comedy
It is a fetish, a mantra, a secret religion to modern man: work. In times of the financial crisis an...
Where are you, Adam?
Released on: 2020-09-12
Documentary, Drama
The plot of the film unfolds in the ancient monastery of Dokhiar on the west coast of Mount Athos, o...
This Other Eden
Released on: 1979-02-04
History, TV Movie, Documentary
A study of England's history, with particular emphasis on the role religion has played in shaping th...
Saint Paul
Released on: 2003-06-29
Documentary
This one hour documentary, presented by former Olympian Jonathan Edwards, dissects the story of St P...
Fight Church
Released on: 2014-09-16
Documentary
A documentary about the confluence of Christianity and mixed martial arts, including ministries whic...
Nanook of the North
Released on: 1922-06-11
Documentary, Drama
This pioneering documentary film depicts the lives of the indigenous Inuit people of Canada's northe...
King of the Jews
Released on: 2000-03-14
Documentary
King of the Jews is a film about anti-Semitism and transcendence. Utilizing Hollywood movies, 1950's...
The Story of the Swastika
Released on: 2013-11-03
Documentary
In the week when Hindus celebrate the holy festival of Diwali, this documentary tells the story of o...
What God Hath Wrought: Pastor Chuck Smith and the Jesus Revolution
Released on: 2012-04-08
Documentary
This historical documentary tells the story of Calvary Chapel and the Jesus Movement and traces its ...
The Third Way
Released on: 2014-04-27
Documentary
Documentary film about Catholic Church teachings about homosexuality. Describes the "third way", the...
Sunny Night
Released on: 2017-10-20
Documentary
On 25th December 2011 the Georgian Patriarch Ilia II described his 34 year-long leadership as head o...
Harmonium in California
Released on: 1980-01-01
Documentary, Music
Through concerts and interviews, folk-progressive group Harmonium takes Quebec culture to California...
L’Affaire Cédrika, selon Claude Poirier
Released on: 2016-11-02
Documentary, Crime
Nine years after the disappearance of Cédrika Provencher, Claude Poirier returns to the scene of the...
The Hutterites
Released on: 1964-01-01
Documentary
A look at the Hutterites, an Anabaptist religious community similar to the Amish or the Mennonites i...
Sacred
Released on: 2016-11-01
Documentary
Sacred explores cultural and religious ritual as it relates to life’s cycles: birth, adolescence, ma...
Athos
Released on: 2016-06-23
Documentary
The Athos peninsula in Greece is one of Europe's last secrets. Over 2000 monks live on Athos - cut o...