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1 For the Bible Tells Me So
2 Meeting Resistance
3 Wetlands Preserved
4 The Power of Forgiveness
5 Senator Obama Goes to Africa
6 The New Medicine
7 One Nation Under God
8 Our House
9 Sacco and Vanzetti
10 The Camden 28

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Behind the Veil: Nuns- VHS
A Film by Margaret Wescott. This two-part film explores the turbulent history and remarkable achievements of women in the Catholic Church.



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Bonhoeffer
A film by Martin Doblmeier. The German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer was one of the first, and strongest, voices of resistance to Adolf Hitler. He joined the unsuccessful plots to assassinate Hitler and was executed three weeks before the end of the war.




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Company: Inigo and His Jesuits, The
Hosted by the distinguished actor Cyril Cusack, The Company examines the life and legacy of Ignatius Loyola, founder of the Society of Jesus and one of the most influential reformers of the Christian Church. Includes Thomas Berry: Dreamer of the Universe.




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For the Bible Tells Me So
This provocative, entertaining documentary brilliantly reconciles homosexuality and Biblical scripture, and in the process reveals that religious anti-gay bias is based almost solely upon an often malicious misinterpretation of the Bible.



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God's Girls- VHS

With the sweeping changes of Vatican II in the sixties and with the new access to newspapers and books, some nuns questioned their religious life. God's Girls is a thorough and often witty examination of religious life in the past, today and in the future.



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Hiding and Seeking
This award-winning documentary tells the dramatic and emotional story of a Jewish father who journeys with his two utlra-orthodox sons back to Poland to try to find the Christian farmers who hid their family from the Nazis.



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Jewish Soul, American Beat- VHS
A film by Barbara Pfeffer. With insight and humor, Jewish Soul, American Beat explores the new landscape of Jewish tradition in America, from a feminist seder to a Yiddish Cabaret.



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Knowledge of Healing, The
The Knowledge of Healing is an illuminating examination of Tibetan medicine, which has developed over two millennia into an amazingly successful method of healing



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Life Apart: Hasidism in America, A
A Film by Menachem Daum & Oren Rudavsky. Seven years in the making, this extraordinarily intimate film takes us into the mysterious and joyous world of the Hasidic Jews, revealing a place few outsiders have seen and fewer yet could imagine.




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Maybe We're Talking About a Different God- VHS
A Film by John Ankele & Anne Macksoud. If lesbianism is contrary to God's orders, then what of those lesbians who serve as pastors? This film focuses on one woman's fight to save her parish and her dignity.



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Merton: A Film Biography
In his lifetime, Thomas Merton was hailed as a prophet and censured for his outspoken social criticism. An engaging profile of a man whose presence in the world touched millions of people and who still has profound impact and relevance today.




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One Nation Under God
A Film by Teodoro Maniaci & Francine Rzeznik. A strange and funny journey into the world of conversion therapy for gays and lesbians.




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Power of Forgiveness, The
From Ground Zero to Northern Ireland to the Amish countryside, The Power of Forgiveness explores the psychological and physical effects of forgiveness, and reveals how forgiveness can transform your life.



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Return of the Saints- VHS
A Film by Joseph D. Fenton. In this charming film, Cardinal Basil Hume, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Westminster, invites viewers to join him on a rewarding pilgrimage to the Northeast of England.



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Roses in December
On December 2, 1980 lay missioner Jean Donovan and three American nuns were brutally murdered by members of El Salvador’s security force. The film chronicles Jean’s life, from her affluent childhood to her tragic death.



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Spark Among the Ashes
In this emotional documentary, a 13-year-old Connecticut boy stands at the center of a complex human drama that attracts world-wide attention when he travels to Cracow to participate in the first bar mitzvah there since the War.



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Thomas Berry: Dreamer of the Universe- VHS
A Film by Seymour Wishman & John Swindells. An intimate conversation with a solitary monk, whose eco-theologian ideas have aroused both environmentalists and the Church.



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Unborn in the USA
A riveting look into the deep secrets and deep pockets of the pro-life movement. Exclusive interviews are interwoven with astonishing archival footage to document one of the most controversial social movements in American history.



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With God On Our Side
What makes George W. Bush tick? While much of the world is confounded by his righteous rhetoric and his boundless certainty, Bush's story makes perfect sense to one group: America's conservative evangelicals... also known as the Religious Right.










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