documentary film
Documentary on Robert Putnam urges Americans to ‘Join or Die’
By Yonat Shimron — March 2, 2023
(RNS) — In their new documentary, filmmakers Pete and Rebecca Davis suggest joining a club — or a religious congregation — may be the key to the nation’s democratic renewal.
Ken Burns’ documentary busts myth that Americans didn’t know about Nazi atrocities
By Yonat Shimron — September 16, 2022
(RNS) — The series, which debuts Sunday (Sept. 18), shows Americans heard on the radio and read in the newspapers about Nazis' rising hostility to Jews, culminating in the Final Solution.
He planned to bomb a mosque. New film recounts how the plan took an unexpected turn.
By Yonat Shimron — September 14, 2022
(RNS) — The 30-minute film tells the story of Richard 'Mac' McKinney, a former Marine who hatched a disturbing plot.
To vanquish lived trauma, Netflix’s ‘Procession’ puts victims in the director’s chair
By Jillian Cheney — November 23, 2021
(RNS) — The new documentary spotlights the practice of drama therapy, which uses role-playing to work through past trauma.
Ken Burns portrays the multitudes of Muhammad Ali
By Eboo Patel — September 24, 2021
(RNS) — A new PBS documentary shows how religion can be a machinery for improvement.
Breaking the silence: Clergy address pandemic’s surge in domestic violence
By Katie Givens Kime — July 6, 2021
(RNS) — This crisis of violence affects every faith community, and every faith leader.
In a new documentary, Will Willimon puts his preaching toolbox to the test
By Yonat Shimron — June 23, 2021
(RNS) — In ‘A Will to Preach,’ one of the most effective preachers in the English-speaking world, according to a Baylor University survey, shows how a master craftsman approaches the task.
‘AKA Jane Roe’ and the humiliation of the pro-life movement
By Karen Swallow Prior — May 26, 2020
(RNS) — The FX documentary about the Roe v. Wade case is another humiliation of pro-lifers in the media. But humility is what it takes to be truly in favor of the protection of the unborn child.
Dorothy Day defied definition. Now the potential saint is the subject of a new film.
By Yonat Shimron — March 4, 2020
(RNS) — The former journalist who founded the Catholic Worker movement was a committed Catholic who gave her life to the cause of the poor, yet also disdained government assistance.
Surviving or thriving? New film on Westboro Baptist doesn’t get it
By Hillel Gray — July 23, 2019
(RNS) — The filmmaker is often more interested in building solidarity with his audience against a mythic enemy than truly understanding his subject.
With her life on hold, an immigrant woman marks two years in sanctuary
By Yonat Shimron — May 8, 2019
GREENSBORO, N.C. (RNS) — Juana Luz Tobar Ortega will mark her two-year anniversary in sanctuary later this month. A new film documents her struggle.
New documentary chronicles a grass roots Catholic ‘magisterium’
By Michael McKinley — December 24, 2018
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‘The Judge’ film introduces groundbreaking female Shariah judge
By Aysha Khan — November 20, 2018
(RNS) — The documentary traces the Middle East's trailblazing Judge Kholoud Al-Faqih’s efforts to lead a quiet social revolution.
Pope gets an unprecedented close-up, courtesy of Wim Wenders
By Yonat Shimron — May 18, 2018
CANNES, France (AP) — The film premiered Sunday (May 20) at the Cannes Film Festival, though the Pope, who's meeting this week in Rome with Chilean bishops to discuss Chile's sex abuse crisis, was not in Cannes — robbing the festival of the sight of the pontiff on the red carpet.
Video: The Muslims are Coming! Trailer
By Sally Morrow — September 13, 2013
"Muslim stand-up comedy is nothing new. But what makes “The Muslims Are Coming” different is that it portrays what happens when a troupe of comedians performs before red state Americans in such places as Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, Arizona, Utah and Idaho."
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