Religion & Spirituality

Divan

As a teenager, filmmaker Pearl Gluck left her Orthodox Jewish clan in Brooklyn for secular life in M...

Colliding Dreams

COLLIDING DREAMS recounts the dramatic history of one of the most controversial, and urgently releva...

Faith Connections

The Kumbh Mela is one of the world's most extraordinary religious events, a mass Hindu pilgrimage to...

Griefwalker

GRIEFWALKER is an extraordinary portrait of Harvard-trained theologian Stephen Jenkinson, who teache...

Human

HUMAN is a collection of stories and images of our world, offering an immersion to the core of what ...

Ixcanul

The brilliant debut by Guatemalan filmmaker Jayro Bustamante is a mesmerizing fusion of fact and fab...

Kumare

Kumaré is an enlightened guru from the East who builds a following of disciples in the West. ...

Hippie Masala: Forever In India

In the 1960s and 1970s thousands of hippies journeyed east to India in search of enlightenment, free...

Meditate and Destroy

Meditate and Destroy profiles the persona who quite possibly represents America's most unexpected Bu...

My Father My Lord

A "heartbreakingly tender" (New York Times) new entry into Israel's ongoing filmmaking renaissanc...

American Mystic

Set against the rich, color-soaked backdrop of America's rural landscapes, Alex Mar's lyrical first ...

Mystical Brain

Is it possible to shed light on the states of grace experienced by mystics and meditators? Mystical ...

Mythic Journeys

With gorgeous stop-motion animation and enlightening interviews, Mythic Journeys seeks to reclaim th...

Mindfulness: Be Happy Now

The practice of mindfulness was brought to the west by Zen Buddhist Monk Thich Nhat Hanh, who was on...

Edge of Dreaming

Scottish filmmaker Amy Hardie built a career on making science documentaries, reflecting her staunch...

Matter Of Heart

Matter of Heart is a compelling portrait of Carl Gustav Jung, whose extraordinary genius and humanit...

Art of Faith

Art of Faith is a visually sumptuous series revealing outstanding examples of the art and architectu...

Daughters of Dolma

DAUGHTERS OF DOLMA takes viewers on a journey revealing a distinctively female experience of Tibetan...

Omar

Omar is accustomed to dodging surveillance bullets to cross the separation wall to visit his secret ...

On Meditation

On Meditation is a compilation of portraits that explore the deeply personal practice of meditation ...

Love Free or Die

Love Free or Die is about a man whose two defining passions the world cannot reconcile: his love of...

Regina

Diana Groó’s documentary tells the story of Regina Jonas (1902-1944)a strong woman, who...

Brilliant Moon: Glimpses of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche

BRILLIANT MOON: GLIMPSES OF DILGO KHYENTSE RINPOCHE chronicles the life of the writer, poet, and med...

Sacred Love-Making

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Household Saints

Nancy Savoca’s star-studded indie gem is a chronicle of a spirited Italian-American New York f...

Sebastiane

Derek Jarman's (Caravaggio) feature film debut (co-directing with Paul Humfress), SEBASTIANE is a "o...

A Sinner in Mecca

For a gay filmmaker, filming in Saudi Arabia presents two serious challenges: filming is forbid...

So Help Me God

Advertising guru Simon Cole loves his job, his car and his wife, but feels spiritually empty and dis...

Son of Man

In the state of Judea in southern Africa, violence, poverty and sectarianism are endemic. The neighb...

Mantra: Sounds Into Silence

A feature-length documentary, exploring the growing musical and social phenomenon of chanting, ...

Spiritual Revolution

SPIRITUAL REVOLUTION captures the spiritual revival that is exploding across the United States today...

Sunrise/Sunset

The daily life of the Dalai Lama is brought home with remarkable intimacy in SUNRISE/SUNSET. Granted...

A Gesar Bard's Tale

As a boy, Dawa was an illiterate Tibetan nomad whose life revolved around herding yaks. At 13, his l...

Taqwacore: The Birth of Punk Islam

Taqwacore chronicles the nascent Muslim punk rock movement in America. It was inspired by the work o...

The Doctor from India

The Doctor from India is a meditative and immersive portrait of the life and work of Dr. Vasant...

The Tenth Man

Award-winning director Daniel Burman returns with The Tenth Man, a well-observed comedy that wrestle...

Breath of the Gods

Modern yoga, that is, the form practiced daily by tens of millions of people around the world, goes ...

The Revisionaries

In Austin, Texas, fifteen people influence what is taught to the next generation of American childre...

Big Joy: The Adventures of James Broughton

Years before the Beats arrived in San Francisco, the city exploded with artistic expressions: painti...

Secrets of the Soul

What is the soul? Is it genetically encoded in our DNA or the product of centuries of religious teac...

The Forgotten Kingdom

Atang Mokoenya is an unemployed, aimless young man who spends his days idling in the slums of Johann...

The Listeners

In Lawrence, Kansas, 11 young volunteers undergo some of the nation’s most rigorous training t...

The Son of Joseph

The American-born expatriate filmmaker Eugène Green exists in his own special artistic orbit....

Ayurveda: The Art of Being

Under a timeless South Asian sky, fingers expertly probe flesh, bones and hands. Healer Brahmanand S...

Free the Mind

In 1992 Professor Richard Davidson, one of the world's leading neuroscientists, met the Dalai Lama, ...

The Gospel of Eureka

Welcome to Eureka Springs, Arkansas, a one-of-a-kind oasis in the Ozarks where Christian piety rubs ...

A Small Good Thing

This feature-length documentary is set in western Massachusetts in the Berkshires, long a destinatio...

The Tibetan Book of the Dead

Death is real, it comes without warning and it cannot be escaped. An ancient source of strength and ...

'Til Kingdom Come

Millions of American Evangelicals are praying for the State of Israel. Among them are the Binghams, ...

Forgiveness: Stories Of Our Time

Forgiveness: Stories of Our Time focuses on four individuals who have lived through events so painfu...

Signs Out of Time

SIGNS OUT OF TIME, a film by Donna Read and Starhawk, examines the life and work of world-renowned a...

A Good Day to Die

A GOOD DAY TO DIE chronicles a movement that started a revolution and inspired a nation. By recounti...

Tough Being Loved by Jerks

Because he had published the twelve Danish cartoons that had triggered the wrath of Muslims worldwid...

The Monastery: Mr. Vig and the Nun

Worlds collide and tempers flare when Mr. Vig, an 82-year-old recluse who has never known love, and ...

Fierce Light: When Spirit Meets Action

In these times of crisis, there is an electric charge in the air, a burgeoning renewal amongst both ...

Crazy Wisdom: The Life and Times of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche

Crazy Wisdom explores the arrival of Tibetan Buddhism in America through the story of Chogyam Trungp...

The Atheism Tapes with Jonathan Miller

As part of the making of the ground-breaking series "A Brief History of Disbelief," Jonathan Miller ...

Monk With a Camera

Nicholas Vreeland walked away from a worldly life of privilege to become a Tibetan Buddhist monk in ...

Walk With Me

With unprecedented access, ‘Walk With Me’ takes us deep inside the world-famous monaster...

With One Voice

With One Voice shares the eternal message and wisdom of the mystics. This illuminating documentary e...

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