Human Geography Movies: Religion
The Promise
Drama, Mystery, War | 356min | TV Mini-Series (2011– )
8.3
Stars: Claire Foy, Christian Cooke, Itay TiranSummary: A young British girl travels to Israel/Palestine, retracing the steps of her grandfather - a British soldier stationed there in the 1940s.
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Wadjda (2012)
Comedy, Drama | 98min | 16 May 2013 (Netherlands)
7.5
Director: Haifaa Al-MansourWriter: Haifaa Al-MansourStars: Waad Mohammed, Reem Abdullah, Abdullrahman Al GohaniSummary: WADJDA is a 10-year-old girl living in a suburb of Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia. Although she lives in a conservative world, Wadjda is fun loving, entrepreneurial and always pushing the boundaries of what she can get away with. After a fight with her friend Abdullah, a neighborhood boy she shouldn't be playing with, Wadjda sees a beautiful green bicycle for sale. She wants the bicycle desperately so that she can beat Abdullah in a race. But Wadjda's mother won't allow it, fearing repercussions from a society that sees bicycles as dangerous to a girl's virtue. So Wadjda decides to try and raise the money herself. At first, Wadjda's mother is too preoccupied with convincing her husband not to take a second wife to realize what's going on. And soon enough Wadjda's plans are thwarted when she is caught running various schemes at school. Just as she is losing hope of raising enough money, she hears of a cash prize for a Quran recitation competition at her school. She devotes herself...
Written by
Razor Film Produktion GmbH
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Samsara (2001)
Adventure, Drama, Romance | 138min | 30 April 2002 (France)
7.8
Director: Pan NalinWriter: Pan NalinStars: Shawn Ku, Christy Chung, Neelesha BarthelSummary: A spiritual love-story set in the majestic landscape of Ladakh, Himalayas. Samsara is a quest; one man's struggle to find spiritual Enlightenment by renouncing the world. And one woman's struggle to keep her enlightened love and life in the world. But their destiny turns, twists and comes to a surprise ending...
Written by
Monsoon Films
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Bride & Prejudice (2004)
Comedy, Drama, Musical | 122min | 11 March 2005 (USA)
6.2
Director: Gurinder ChadhaWriter: Jane Austen, Paul Mayeda BergesStars: Martin Henderson, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Nadira BabbarSummary: A Bollywood-style update of Jane Austen's classic tale, in which Mrs. Bakshi is eager to find suitable husbands for her four unmarried daughters. When the rich single gentlemen Balraj and Darcy come to visit, the Bakshis have high hopes, though circumstance and boorish opinions threaten to get in the way of romance.
Written by
Anonymous
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What Do You Believe Now?
Documentary | 70min
Director: Sarah FeinbloomSummary: a documentary about faith journeys in America
Inside Mecca (2003)
Documentary | 3360min | TV Movie 1 March 2003
7.9
Director: Anisa MehdiWriter: Anisa Mehdi, John B. BredarStars: Keith David, Umar Faruq Abd-Allah, Daisy KhanSummary: National Geographic follows three pilgrims from Malaysia, South Africa, and the United States as the travel to Mecca for the hajj.
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What Do You Believe? The religious and spiritual lives of American teenagers [PBS]
Secrets of Jerusalem's Holiest Sites (2006)
Documentary | 3120min | 2006 (USA)
6.9
Director: James BarratWriter: Ed FieldsSummary: It's name means "city of peace." But as a focal point of three major world religions, and home to some of those faiths' holiest sites, Jerusalem has witnessed 3,000 years of bloody conflict, intrigue and passion. National Geographic, with exclusive access, intimately explores locales held sacred by Christians, Jews and Muslims. From footage filmed inside the magnificent Dome of the Rock to the vast underground expanse of Solomon's Stables to the traditional sites of Jesus Christ's death and resurrection, it's a spellbinding journey into this ancient, multilayered urban landscape of war, worship and timeless wonder.
Written by
Anonymous
Around the World in 80 Faiths
Documentary | 60min | TV Mini-Series (2009– )
7.5
Stars: Peter Owen-Jones, Jared Sawyer Jr.Summary: Church of England vicar Peter Owen-Jones has been given a year's sabbatical to travel the world with a BBC crew to explore different faiths around the world at the beginning of the 21st century.
Fordson: Faith, Fasting, Football (2011)
Documentary, History, News | 92min | 9 September 2011 (USA)
7.0
Director: Rashid GhaziWriter: Ruth LeitmanStars: Mustapha Bazzi, Fouad ZabanSummary: 'Fordson' follows a high school football team from Dearborn, Michigan as it prepares for its big cross-town rivalry game during the last ten days of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The story is set at Fordson High School, a public school, which was once all white, but now boasts a 98% Arab-American population. As we follow the team on the road to victory, 'Fordson' unearths the story of a community desperately holding onto its Islamic faith while struggling to gain acceptance in post 9-11 America. 'Fordson' is an unprecedented glimpse inside the lives of a community that is home to the largest concentration of Arabs in any city outside of the Middle East, and their determination to hold on to the American Dream.
Written by
Anonymous
Islam: Empire of Faith (2000)
Documentary, History | 160min
7.9
Director: Robert H. GardnerWriter: Jonathan GrupperStars: Ben KingsleySummary: Islam: Empire of Faith is a documentary series, made in 2000, that details the history of Islam, from the birth of the Islamic Prophet, Muhammad to the Ottoman Empire. The first episode deals with the life of Muhammad, the second with the early Caliphates, Crusades, and Mongol invasion, and the third with the Ottoman Empire and Safavid dynasty.
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Little Buddha (1993)
Drama | 123min | 25 May 1994 (USA)
6.1
Director: Bernardo BertolucciWriter: Bernardo Bertolucci, Rudy WurlitzerStars: Keanu Reeves, Bridget Fonda, Ruocheng YingSummary: Lama Norbu comes to Seattle in search of the reincarnation of his dead teacher, Lama Dorje. His search leads him to young Jesse Conrad, Raju, a waif from Kathmandu, and an upper class Indian girl. Together, they journey to Bhutan where the three children must undergo a test to prove which is the true reincarnation. Interspersed with this, is the story of Siddharta, later known as the Buddha. It traces his spiritual journey from ignorance to true enlightenment.
Written by
Samantha Santa Maria <TE7441667@ntuvax.ntu.ac.sg>
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