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Religion
see all genres ›Humans eat, sleep, make love and war on a consistent basis. They also thirst for meaning to be made of it all. Probing systems of belief and individuals of faith, these documentaries explore religion, spirituality and the more abstract ideas and myths guiding humanity.
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Genres / Documentary / Religion
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American Crusaders
A harrowing exploration of the rapid rise of American religious fanaticism after 9/11. This film explores an emerging ultra Right Wing mass movement seeking dominion over all aspects of contemporary American society. The film weaves archival video, contemporary Christian Nationalist movement propaganda...Start your free trial to watch
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Art of Faith
ART OF FAITH is a visually sumptuous documentary triptych revealing outstanding examples of the art and architecture of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. The film brings to life many of the greatest and most significant religious buildings through stunning photography and interviews with the people who know and love them....Start your free trial to watch
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The Boy Who Plays on the Buddhas of Bamiyan
For over 25 years, Afghanistan has been at war. Over two million civilians have been killed. In March 2001, the ruling Taliban destroyed the tallest stone statues in the world, the 'Buddhas of Bamiyan'. Over the course of a year, this film follows the story of one of the refugees who now lives in a cave...Start your free trial to watch
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Children of the Prophet
CHILDREN OF THE PROPHET follows four different groups of people in today's Teheran. For non-orthodox youngsters, the Moharram is mainly an opportunity to meet members of the opposite sex. A middle-aged woman and her female friends put their energy into the preparation of an enormous feast. Young religious...Start your free trial to watch
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Divan
As a teenager, filmmaker Pearl Gluck left her Orthodox Jewish clan in Brooklyn for secular life in Manhattan. Many years later, Pearl’s father has one wish: that she marry and return to the community. Pearl, however, takes a more creative approach to mend the breach. She travels to Hungary to retrieve a turn-of-the-century...Start your free trial to watch
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Divine Horsemen
In 1946, Maya Deren was the first filmmaker ever awarded an artistic Guggenheim grant. With the $3,000 prize money, she traveled to Haiti, a country she would visit four times and where she would spend a total of nearly two years. Deren was the first known white woman to became a high priestess of Haitian Voodoun, a religion...Start your free trial to watch
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Durakovo: Village of Fools
Durakovo, the ironically named Village of Fools, is a secluded town 90 miles outside Moscow whose leader brews old ideals in hopes of a revitalized regime. Mikhail Morozov rules this small community with concepts of God, Tsar and Fatherland. Happiness only comes from God, the Tsar does God's bidding and...Start your free trial to watch
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Fierce Light
In these times of crisis, there is an electric charge in the air. A burgeoning renewal amongst both people who have focused their lives on the spiritual and those whose lives are centered around the struggle for change. Featuring Velcrow Ripper’s stunning cinematography, a compelling soundtrack and dramatic stories of...Start your free trial to watch
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The Gods of Times Squared
Here are more of the mesmerizing encounters with prophets and pilgrims that made Richard Sandler’s THE GODS OF TIME SQUARE such a memorable document of Times Square spiritualism. Sandler lets his camera run to attempt to grasp his subjects’ complex thought processes, though the specter of gentrification...Start your free trial to watch
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I Was Possessed by God
On February 14th (Valentine's Day), 1993, Caveh Zahedi, being without a date, decided to ingest five grams of hallucinogenic mushrooms. For the first time in his mushroom-taking experience, he had an experience of "divine possession," in which he felt that a divine being took possession of his body and...Start your free trial to watch
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The Jesus Guy
He looks like Jesus Christ. And preaches like St. Francis of Assisi. Some say he’s “a kook.” Others, “a blessing from God.” Barefoot and clad in a white robe, he’s walked through 47 states (and 13 countries) on a sixteen-year mission that’s captured media attention from 20/20, Time and the Wall Street Journal. Yet who is this...Start your free trial to watch
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Jews of Iran
The Jewish community in Iran dates back over 2,700 years. The Islamic Revolution of 1979 resulted in the departure of many Jews from the country. JEWS OF IRAN focuses on Jews currently living in Iran and on recent historic developments. The Jews in Tehran, young and old, speak about different kinds of discrimination they face...Start your free trial to watch
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Kumaré
Kumaré is an enlightened guru from the East who builds a following of disciples in the West. But Kumaré is not real. He is an American filmmaker named Vikram Gandhi, who has transformed himself into Kumaré as the centerpiece of a social experiment designed to explore and test one of the world's most sacred taboos. Concealing...Start your free trial to watch
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Legend of the Witches
The historical origins of witchcraft in moon-worship and the witches’ legend of creation; initiation rites undergone by the modern witches' divination by birds and animals; Christianity’s absorption of pagan rites; revenge killing; the Black Mass; Cecil Williamson's Museum of Witchcraft in Cornwall;...Start your free trial to watch
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Living Goddess
LIVING GODDESS is a powerful portrait of a young girl venerated as a goddess growing up in a country on the verge of civil war. This is the story of Sajani, who is worshipped as one of three living goddesses in the Himalayan kingdom of Nepal, and whose peaceful existence is contrasted with violent political turmoil that...Start your free trial to watch
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Meditate and Destroy
MEDITATE AND DESTROY profiles the persona who quite possibly represents America’s most unexpected Buddhist: former punk rocker and juvenile delinquent Noah Levine, bestselling author of the book "Dharma Punx." As a teenager, Levine was mired in an abyss of violence, drug and alcohol abuse and criminal...Start your free trial to watch
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Morisma
MORISMA documents in colorful detail the traditional and religious celebrations of Moors against Christians in the Mexican states of Zacatecas and Jalisco. The documentary focuses, on the life of Hilario Espinosa, a representative of the Moors in both states, and through him we learn of the Moors traditions and plights,...Start your free trial to watch
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On the Trail of Bin Laden
The film traces how the most wanted man on the planet managed to slip through the US Military net and how his allies are still operating openly across Pakistan. In this incredible film the filmmakers were able to obtain astounding information and footage through filmed interviews with Pakistani government...Start your free trial to watch