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Publisher
California Institute of the Arts, School of Film / Video
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
Nepali
Description
Set in a rural village in Nepal, Nabarsiyeko Jhari (A Silent Monsoon) tells the story of Durga and her struggle to save her twelve-year-old daughter Laxmi from the family profession of prostitution. Durga?s mother decides to sell her granddaughter's virginity to save their home from being taken by a money lender. This announcement threatens Durga's plan with the local school teacher to spirit her daughter to the city to get an education. At great...
Publisher
Garuda Sky Productions
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
This film is itself a beautiful journey in the company of the great heart of Garchen Rinpoche, struggling with him through his terrible times of youthful struggle and resisting the Chinese invasion and genocidal actions in Tibet. Then being inspired by his great practice, especially of "give-and-take" meditation --- sending love and happiness to all beings while taking away their sufferings.
Publisher
ARC Entertainment
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Luke Chisolm ... [is] a talented young golfer set on making the pro tour. When his first big shot turns out to be a very public disaster, Luke escapes the pressures of the game and finds himself unexpectedly stranded in Utopia, Texas, home to eccentric rancher Johnny Crawford ... But Johnny's more than meets the eye, and his profound ways of looking at life, love, and faith force Luke to question not only his past choices, but his direction for the...
6) Full circle
Series
Women and spirituality volume 3
Publisher
Direct Cinema Ltd
Pub. Date
1993, 2006
Language
English
Description
Discusses environmental issues in relation to women's spirituality.
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
"A Harvard anthropologist is sent to Haiti to retrieve a strange powder that is said to have the power to bring human beings back from the dead. In his quest to find the miracle drug, the cynical scienist enters the rarely seen netherworld of walking zombies, blood rites and ancient curses"--Container.
Series
Cenizas en el río volume 2
Publisher
Films for the Humanities & Sciences
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Abutting the border of Pakistan, the state of Rajasthan is the home of the Jains, a relatively small but influential indigenous religious group founded by Vardhamana Mahavira. This program profiles Jainism, which espouses salvation by conquering material existence through stict ascetic discipline. The imperative detachment from worldly existence necessary for liberation is explained, as is ahimsa, the doctrine of non-injury to any living thing.
10) The nun's story
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Story of the inner struggles faced by a nun, the difficulties of obedience and her inablility to forgive the death of her father during WWII.
Publisher
Catholic Exchange
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Major League baseball champions Mike Piazza, David Eckstein, Jeff Suppan, Mike Sweeney, Jack McKeon, Rich Donnelly and other leading players, managers, and coaches discuss how their faith guides and sustains their careers in baseball.
12) Sacred
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
Multiple
Description
A documentary film that draws on the work of filmmakers around the world to explore religious experiences and rituals as they relate to the life cycle: birth, adolescence, marriage, old age, death and other key passages of life.
Publisher
Duncan Group
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Bali : island of 1,000 temples explores Balinese Hinduism as expressed in rituals, traditions and creative arts including the Kecak monkey dance and Wayang Kulit, shadow puppet morality plays.
Australia: dreamtime is among the greatest spiritual practices in the world. It's both spiritual history and practice for the aboriginal people of Australia in an episode that includes Uluru (Ayers Rock) and the Tiwi Islands.
Maya: messages in stone features...
Series
OSHO collection volume 1
Publisher
ArtHouse Movies
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Osho explains the one important, if not the greatest, fallacy spread by religion: that humanity needs to be saved. Osho demonstrates with touches of humor and using graphic examples from his own childhood, the consequences that arise from this religious trap.
Series
Cenizas en el río volume 4
Publisher
Films for the Humanities & Sciences
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
This program presents the tenets and history of the belief system founded on the teachings of Buddha as practiced in Sikkim, tucked between Nepal and Bhutan and Darjeeling, located in an adjoining district of West Bengal. A discussion of the Four Noble Truths, including the Eightfold Path, sheds light on the practice of Buddhism in these regions while ancient monuments testify to the enduring nature of the religion.
16) Luther
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Regional princes and the powerful Catholic Church wield a fast, firm and merciless grip over 16th-century Germany. But when Martin Luther issues a shocking challenge to their authority, the people declare him their new leader - and hero. Even when threatened with violent death, Luther refused to back down, sparking a bloody religious revolution that shakes the entire continent to its core.
17) Courageous
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a tragedy strikes close to home, four police officers struggle with their faith and their roles as husbands and fathers. Together they make a decision that will change all of their lives.
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
New excavations are revealing more than we've ever known about what the Egyptians knew they'd encounter on their afterlife journey. Today, Dr. Zahi Hawass is excavating a mysterious tunnel at the very bottom of Seti's tomb, a perilous tunnel dug far below the surface of the Earth. On a true Indiana Jones-style quest, Dr. Hawass will put his own life in jeopardy for the sake of discovery.
Series
Publisher
Films for the Humanities & Sciences
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
In Kerala, situated in the southern tip of India, Hinduism is the principal belief. This program examines the multifaceted majority religion of India in this region. Devotional ceremonies and observances of Hinduism and sacred Hindu literature, such as the Ramayana and the Mahabharata, are explored, as are some of the region's ornate temples. The Hindu emphasis on right living, or dharma, is also discussed.
20) Manakamana
Publisher
Cinema Guild, Inc
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
Nepali
Description
"Filmed entirely inside the narrow confines of a cable car, high above a jungle in Nepal that transports villagers to an ancient mountaintop temple, [Manakamana] is an acute ethnographic investigation into culture, religion, technology and modernity ... For centuries, devoted pilgrims hoping to reach the fabled temple needed to undertake an arduous multi-day journey. Today, because of a new cable car system, the entire trip takes just under 10 minutes...
