The True Stories strand, which showcases the best international feature documentaries, continues with Yoav Shamir’s controversial, personal exploration which asks, “What is anti-Semitism today?” Is it a real and continuous danger that requires eternal vigilance or a tactic used by right-wing Zionists to discredit and cow their critics?
There are fifty-three miles of shelving in the Vatican Secret Archives. They house thirty-five thousand volumes of catalogue. And that is twelve centuries worth of documents. The Vatican’s Secret Archives houses one of the most iconic bastions of religion and culture ever. While it might sound like a stuff of a historical legend, the vault … Read more
When Jesus was a child, did he kill another child? Mary Magdalene was a prostitute – or an apostle? Cain commited incest? There will be an apocalypse or Is this God’s trick to scare us? The answers to these questions are not found in the Bible as we know, but there are forbidden in the … Read more
The divide between Sunnis and Shia is the largest and oldest in the history of Islam. Members of the two sects have co-existed for centuries and share many fundamental beliefs and practices. They do, however, differ in doctrine, ritual, law, theology, and religious organization. The original split occurred soon after the death of the Prophet … Read more
Since the dawn of civilization, people have been trying to control fertility through different means. For example, in ancient Greece and Rome, women drank juices made from the Silphium plant to prevent pregnancy. Luckily for everyone, women in the modern era have access to safer, more effective, affordable, and better contraceptives. Birth control has been … Read more
Professor Robert Winston presents a definitive three-part documentary series on the history of humanity’s search to understand the nature of God. God’s story is an epic journey across continents, cultures and eras exploring religious beliefs of his early incarnations, through the development of the major religions of the world and the state of religious faith … Read more
This 2007 British documentary was made to try and see if Scientology was becoming more mainstream. But it gained controversy due to the reporters use of the word cult and the Church of Scientology’s damnation of the film. The Church even tried to convince the British Parliament to ban the film unsuccessfully. If they tried … Read more
Who does not love a good old-fashioned clash between an atheist and a religious convert? The possibilities for awkward silences, blasphemy and dump tables are endless, and one of them used to be prime minister of England. On one side was a novelist and author Christopher Hitchens, a loud, proud self-declared cancer-stricken writer whose brush … Read more
This PBS documentary by award-winning filmmaker David Grubin and narrated by Richard Gere, tells the story of the Buddha’s life, a journey especially relevant for our times disturbing violent change and spiritual confusion. It features the work of some of the world’s greatest artists and sculptors through two millennia, has represented the life of Buddha … Read more
A shocking and controversial look into the effect of religion on on our society with special focus on the contradiction between religion/faith and Science. Written and presented by Richard Dawkins, in which he argues that the world would be better off without religion.