Films about religion & spirituality
Feature Film
PBS Premiere: Sept. 17, 2018
Hasidic women shatter the glass ceiling by creating Brooklyn's first all-female EMS corps.
Short Film
Digital Premiere: July 26, 2018
A San Antonio bishop believes he is his family’s dispenser of spiritual wisdom, until he is reminded by his aging abuelita that there are some things only our elders can truly grasp.
Feature Film
PBS Premiere: July 23, 2018
Despite Taliban threats, a Pakistani woman becomes one of the top female squash players.
Feature Film
PBS Premiere: July 2, 2018
A plunge into the fire of Tultepec, Mexico, the site of the National Pyrotechnic Festival.
Feature Film
Encore Broadcast: Jan. 1, 2018
In the Light of Reverence is a beautifully rendered account of the struggles of the Lakota in the Black Hills, the Hopi in Arizona and the Wintu in California to protect their sacred sites.
Feature Film
Encore Broadcast: Jan. 1, 2018
Desperate, broken men chase their dreams and run from their demons in the North Dakota oil fields. A local pastor risks everything to help them. Winner, Special Jury Award for Intuitive Filmmaking: Documentary, 2014 Sundance Film Festival.
PBS Premiere: June 26, 2017
POV opens its 30th season with three feature films and two shorts on a single topic: the Syrian war and global refugee crisis. The special showcase will follow events nationwide commemorating World Refugee Day on June 20, 2017.
Feature Film
PBS Premiere: Aug. 3, 2015
Sudanese civilians facing government bombing campaigns celebrate their heritage through music, finding hope and a common identity. Winner, Grolsch People's Choice Documentary Award, 2014 Toronto International Film Festival.
Feature Film
PBS Premiere: June 23, 2009
Puerto Rican-American rapper Hamza Pérez pulled himself out of street life 12 years ago and became a Muslim. Now he must confront the realities of the post-9/11 world.
Feature Film
PBS Premiere: July 25, 2006
Global Recordings Network (GRN), founded in Los Angeles in 1939, has produced audio versions of Bible stories in over 5,500 languages. GRN aims to record in every language on earth. They distribute the recordings, along with ultra-low-tech hand-wind players, in isolated regions and among displaced migrant workers. GRN calls their target audience "the tailenders" because they are the last to be reached by worldwide evangelism.
Feature Film
PBS Premiere: June 7, 1994
In Ross McElwee's 1986 cult hit, Sherman's March, an idealist searches for love, happiness — and a wife. Now he's turning 40, getting married, and heading out on yet another quest.
Feature Film
PBS Premiere: Aug. 24, 1993
Oscar-winning director Jonathan Demme (Silence of the Lambs) catches up with his long-lost cousin, Robert Castle, a fiery Harlem-based white Episcopalian priest.