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Mana: Beyond Belief
2004 | 1h 32mins
Mana: Beyond Belief
2004 | 1h 32mins
"Mana: Beyond Belief" is a documentary film that explores the concept of "mana," a Polynesian word representing the power or special significance invested in objects, places, or…
Hong Kong Hungry Ghost Festival
1971 | 28mins
Hong Kong Hungry Ghost Festival
1971 | 28mins
Simple Gifts
1972 | 27mins
Simple Gifts
1972 | 27mins
Produced by Ohio Bell Telephone and narrated by Ralph Rinzler from the Smithsonian Institution's Folklife Center, this film highlight aspects of Folklife in the State of Ohio. It…
Raise the Dead
1998 | 59mins
Raise the Dead
1998 | 59mins
James Ruterbeck's film about H. Richard Hall, Mike Ferree, and Eula Shelton, Pentecostal preachers and faith healers in the tradition of William Branham. Their ministry flourished…
Free Show Tonite
1983 | 58mins
Free Show Tonite
1983 | 58mins
Presents a nostalgic tribute to the American medicine shows of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Shows a re-creation of a typical medicine show by veteran performers,…
Fannie Bell Chapman: Gospel Singer
1975 | 42mins
Fannie Bell Chapman: Gospel Singer
1975 | 42mins
Film of the singer/faith healer and folk artist Fannie Bell Chapman from Centreville, Mississippi. Footage includes Chapman and her family singing and praying during church…
Language You Cry In
1998 | 52mins
Language You Cry In
1998 | 52mins
The Language You Cry In tells an amazing scholarly detective story reaching across hundreds of years and thousands of miles, from 18th century Sierra Leone to the Gullah people of…
People Who Take Up Serpents
1974 | 36mins
People Who Take Up Serpents
1974 | 36mins
Members of a branch of the Holiness churches who base their religious beliefs and practices on Bible verses, especially Mark 16:18. The members handle serpents, hold fire to their…
Tommie Bass
1993 | 49mins
Tommie Bass
1993 | 49mins
At the time of his death in 1996, "Tommie" Bass, was probably the most well-known herbalist in the United States. The subject of scholarly and popular books, television features,…
They Shall Take Up Serpents
1973 | 18mins
They Shall Take Up Serpents
1973 | 18mins
For the past eighty years, believers living in the Appalachian hills of the southeastern US have incorporated handling serpents and drinking strychnine (a “salvation cocktail”)…
In Jesus‘ Name
1991 | 47mins
In Jesus‘ Name
1991 | 47mins
They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick and they shall recover. Mark 16: 18
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