Painted as a prostitute, a feminist, a disciple and Jesus' favorite, Mary Magdalene -- the biblical figure and female follower of Jesus -- is a study in controversy and contradiction. Narrated by Penelope Ann Miller, this engaging documentary examines the most talked about woman in the Bible, interpreting the commonly debated differences between the Church's traditional view and the modern-day perspective of who Mary Magdalene really was.
Painted as a prostitute, a feminist, a disciple and Jesus' favorite, Mary Magdalene -- the biblical figure and female follower of Jesus -- is a study in controversy and contradiction. Narrated by Penelope Ann Miller, this engaging documentary examines the most talked about woman in the Bible, interpreting the commonly debated differences between the Church's traditional view and the modern-day perspective of who Mary Magdalene really was.
In the first century, free-spirited Mary Magdalene flees the marriage her family has arranged for her, finding refuge and a sense of purpose in a radical new movement led by the charismatic, rabble-rousing preacher named Jesus.
In 1917, outside the parish of Fátima, Portugal, a 10-year-old girl and her two younger cousins witness multiple visitations of the Virgin Mary, who tells them that only prayer and suffering will bring an end to World War I. As secularist government officials and Church leaders try to force the children to recant their story, word of the sighting spreads across the country, inspiring religious pilgrims to flock to the site in hopes of witnessing a miracle..
Jesus, a humble Judean carpenter beginning to see that he is the son of God, is drawn into revolutionary action against the Roman occupiers by Judas -- despite his protestations that love, not violence, is the path to salvation. The burden of being the savior of mankind torments Jesus throughout his life, leading him to doubt.
Three young Irish women struggle to maintain their spirits while they endure dehumanizing abuse as inmates of a Magdalene Sisters Asylum.
The powerful story of love and loss that inspired the creation of Shakespeare's timeless masterpiece, Hamlet.
A chronicle of the Cristeros War (1926-1929), which was touched off by a rebellion against the Mexican government's attempt to secularize the country.
Based on true events about the foot soldiers of the early feminist movement, women who were forced underground to pursue a dangerous game of cat and mouse with an increasingly brutal State.
The life of St. Francis of Assisi (1181-1226) as related by followers who gather after his death to tell stories so that Leone can record them: a privileged and virile youth, a prisoner of war, an heir who turns away from his father and gives all to the poor, a beggar for others, and an inspiration to friends who accept the Gospels' life of poverty.
Matt Walsh's controversial doc challenges radical gender ideology through provocative interviews and humor.
This is a drama set in Nazi-occupied France at the height of World War II. Charlotte Gray tells the compelling story of a young Scottish woman working with the French Resistance in the hope of rescuing her lover, a missing RAF pilot. Based on the best-selling novel by Sebastian Faulks.