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Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Filled with heart-pounding action, laugh-out-loud humor, and powerful inspiration, it will continue to entertain families and movie-lovers of all ages. Four men, one calling: to serve and protect. As law enforcement officers, they are fearless and confident, but at home, they face a challenge none of them is prepared to tackle: fatherhood. When tragedy hits home, they are left wrestling with their hopes, fears, and faith. Protecting the streets is...
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
The true life story of Olympic soccer player Kurt Kuykendall. Faced with rejection of his perfectionist father, his mother's crippling alcoholism and his own failure to make it as a college basketball player, Kurkendall meets Christ at an emotional crossroad. Then at the bidding of an insistent friend, he tries out for the college soccer team, having never played competitive soccer in his life. To everyone's surprise he becomes an overnight sensation....
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
The Koran is one of the most ideologically influential texts in the world, with over a billion Muslims following its precepts. Yet within this singular religious community there are profound differences in attitudes about peace, violence, punishment, forgiveness, and the status of women. This eye-opening film goes deep into the heart of the Muslim world to explore the history and current state of Islam. It also delves into the personal lives of its...
6) Baraka
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Shot in 24 countries across six continents, this film, without narration or dialogue, presents a visual spectacle emphasizing religious ritual as well as addressing the human condition and the idea of humanity vis-�a-vis nature.
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Español
Description
In El Salvador in the late Seventies, one man was the voice of the poor, the disenfranchised, and the Disappeared - all struggling under the corrupt Salvadoran government. Appointed Archbishop in early 1977, Monseñor Óscar Romero worked tirelessly and in constant personal peril until the day he was assassinated in March 1980. Romero broke off ties with the military and aligned himself with the poor, delivering messages of hope in weekly sermons...
10) Jesus camp
Pub. Date
©2006
Language
English
Description
"Follows Levi, Rachael, and Tory to Pastor Becky Fischer's 'Kids on Fire' summer camp in Devil's Lake, North Dakota, where kids as young as 6 years-old are taught to become dedicated soldiers in 'God's army'. The film follows these children as they hone their 'prophetic gifts' and are schooled in how to 'take back America for Christ'"--Container.
Pub. Date
1988.
Language
English
Description
A first and thorough look at the Mexican celebration of the dead, the sacred days when the souls of the departed return to visit the living. Tracing the Days of the Dead tradition from its roots in Indian culture to its manifestations in contemporary Chicano communities, this unconventional and visually arresting documentary contemplates the loving and sometimes humorous Mexican cultural attitudes toward "that constant companion," death.
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
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 is more than meets the eye, and his profound ways of looking at life force Luke to question not only his past choices, but his direction for the future.
14) Courageous
Series
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
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.
"Moviegoers devoted to faith-based fare will flock to megaplexes..."--Variety
"...skillful blending of moving drama, subtle comedy and several impressive action sequences."--Hollywood Reporter
"For now, though, Mr. Kendrick will have to settle for being a...
Pub. Date
1994? ; France
Language
English
Description
Karma-gliṅ-pa's text, Bar do thos grol (Book of the dead) is unique to the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. It is read aloud to dying persons as they pass from this life into the next. Part 1 of this series documents its history, and its acceptance and use in hospices in Europe and North America. Remarkable footage also shows its traditional application in the rites and liturgies performed for a recently deceased elder in Ladakh, India. Includes an interview...
17) Luther
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.
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