Religion Films

Hutterites
Hutterites
1963 | 27mins
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Hutterites
1963 | 27mins
The followers of religious leader Jacob Hutter live in farm communities, devoutly holding to the rules their founder laid down four centuries ago. Through the kindness of a…
Reconstructing Mishkan
Reconstructing Mishkan
2026 | 57mins
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Reconstructing Mishkan
2026 | 57mins
Reconstructing Mishkan follows Rabbi Shawn Zevit and the diverse congregation of Mishkan Shalom in Philadelphia as they navigate faith, identity, and political engagement in a…
Come Day, Go Day, God Send Sunday
1973 | 50mins
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Come Day, Go Day, God Send Sunday
1973 | 50mins
Centered on Hopewell Church in Rappahannock County, Virginia, the film documents an African American community as migration and economic change is transforming a way of life
Mana: Beyond Belief
Mana: Beyond Belief
2004 | 1h 32mins
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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…
Circle of the Sun
Circle of the Sun
1960 | 29mins
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Circle of the Sun
1960 | 29mins
This short documentary by Colin Low is an invitation to a gathering of the Káínaa of Alberta - as the Sun Dance is captured on film for the first time. The film shows how the…
Amen! Music of the Black Church
Amen! Music of the Black Church
2020 | 57mins
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Amen! Music of the Black Church
2020 | 57mins
"Amen!" explores the rich traditions, historical significance, and meaning of Black church music in a concert film, recorded before a live audience at the Second Baptist Church in…
Hong Kong Hungry Ghost Festival
Hong Kong Hungry Ghost Festival
1971 | 28mins
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Hong Kong Hungry Ghost Festival
1971 | 28mins
Stone Carvers
Stone Carvers
1984 | 28mins
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Stone Carvers
1984 | 28mins
A portrait of the traditional Italian-American artisans who carved the gargoyles and statues of Washington Cathedral, featuring Roger Morigi and Vincent Palumbo. "The Stone…
Death Row
Death Row
1979 | 59mins
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Death Row
1979 | 59mins
Death Row at Ellis is no worse-- and it is probably somewhat better--than most other Death Rows in America. It is the only death Row in which a documentary film could have been…
Company Town
Company Town
1983 | 25mins
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Company Town
1983 | 25mins
The former coal town of Widen, West Virginia. Once a model of paternalistic domination, Widen had been sold to the Pittston corpration in 1963.
Raise the Dead
Raise the Dead
1998 | 59mins
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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…
Sacred Soul
Sacred Soul
2021 | 32mins
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Sacred Soul
2021 | 32mins
Eleven groups in eight days. A marathon recording session in a makeshift storefront studio in a 100-year-old building in the tiny Eastern North Carolina town of Fountain. Once the…
Singing Stream
Singing Stream
1986 | 57mins
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Singing Stream
1986 | 57mins
The story of a gifted African American family from the rural South. With interviews and stories, and scenes from daily life, reunions, gospel concerts, and church services, the…
Cajun Country
Cajun Country
1991 | 56mins
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Cajun Country
1991 | 56mins
Alan Lomax's wonderful documentary about the bayous of Louisiana which have combined French, German, West Indian, native American and hillbilly ingredients into a unique cultural…
Joy Unspeakable
Joy Unspeakable
1981 | 59mins
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Joy Unspeakable
1981 | 59mins
Joy Unspeakable examines the question, what does it mean to be Pentecostal, through the documentation of three types of Oneness Pentecostal services in Southern Indiana: a…

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