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BBC Arena - Sister Wendy and the Art of the Gospel (2012) Movies

Posted by Tutorial at Feb. 28, 2017

The arresting sight of Sister Wendy Beckett, all teeth and glasses, burst on to our screens in the 1990s. An instant star, she travelled the world in her habit telling us the story of Christian art and painting but revealing little of her own extraordinary story. Arena goes in search of the 'real' Wendy, who, at 82, talks frankly, humorously, and profoundly about her life and spirituality for the first time.

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He Who Must Die Movies

Posted by at Nov. 20, 2023

He Who Must Die (1957)
Greece, in the 1920s, is occupied by the Turks. The country is in turmoil with entire villages uprooted. The site of the movie is a Greek village that conducts a passion play each year. The leading citizens of the town, under the auspices of the Patriarch, choose those that will play the parts in the Passion. A stuttering shepherd is chosen to play Jesus. The town butcher (who wanted to be Jesus) is chosen as Judas. The town prostitute is chosen as Mary Magdalene. The rest of the disciples are also chosen. As the movie unfolds, the Passion Play becomes a reality. A group of villagers, uprooted by the war and impoverished, arrive at the village led by their priest. The wealthier citizens of the town want nothing with these people and manipulate a massacre. In the context of the 1920s, each of the characters plays out their biblical role in actuality.

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BBC - Private Life of an Easter Masterpiece (2006) Movies

Posted by Tutorial at Jan. 8, 2017

This extraordinary crucifiction scene - inspired by a weird mix of Spanish mysticism and nuclear physics - is often called the 20th century's greatest religious painting. Yet the artist was a notorious blasphemer whose work had provoked outrage in the Catholic Church.

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Channel 5 - Apocalypse Code: The Bible Prediction (2015) [Repost] Movies

Posted by Tutorial at Jan. 25, 2017

The news is full of tsunamis, earthquakes, war and disaster, but are these the `End Days' prophesied in the Bible? This programme explores the biblical prophecies of Armageddon, investigating whether they were a poetic description of an internal religious state or a prediction of impending doom, and looks at them in light of new scientific research.

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Mary Movies

Posted by at Jan. 22, 2024

Mary (2005)
Following the shooting of a film on the life of Jesus called This Is My Blood, Marie Palesi, the actress who plays Mary Magdalene, takes refuge in Jerusalem in search of the truth behind the myth. The director of the film, Tony Childress, who also plays Jesus, can think of only one thing: self-promotion. Meanwhile in New York, television journalist Ted Younger presents a programme about the life of Jesus.

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Thoroughly Modern Mary-Magdalene Movies

Posted by at Nov. 19, 2024

Thoroughly Modern Mary-Magdalene (1976)
Marie-Madeleine is a shopgirl who, at the persuasion of her lecherous boss, has begun exchanging sexual favors with the store's most affluent clientele. After being fired for refusing one of her customer's advances, she finds solace in a squalid bar, which turns out to be a haven for prostitutes. Deciding to try her hand at the profession once again, but this time on her own terms, Marie is quickly immersed into a world of increasingly debauched and hedonistic experiences which soon threaten to destroy her in body and soul.

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