Příběh Mary Griffith natočený podle skutečné události ukazuje silně nábožensky založenou americkou rodinu, která žije v dokonalosti do té doby, než se Bobby Griffith svěří svému staršímu bratrovi, že je gay. Matka (Sigourney Weaver) posedlá vším, co říká bible, Bobbymu život nijak neulehčí. Bobby je vyloučen z rodiny a odstěhuje se ke své sestřenici do Portlandu. Nezvládá neustálé obviňování od své matky a spáchá sebevraždu. Bobbyho matka si po pár měsících od jeho smrti začíná uvědomovat, že je víc rodin, které mají stejný problém, jako měla ona, a začne navštěvovat náboženské spolky konzultující tyto dramatické životní příběhy. PRAYERS FOR BOBBY je příběhem o vině a odpuštění.
Two short stories set in Edo during the Shogun era. 1 - During a time when Christians are persecuted vehemently, Iori falls in love with young Christian girl. When she and her family are captured during a raid, his sadistic master takes her as his personal slave to torment Iori, and tries breaking her spirit by means of rape, torture and pure sadism. After Iori refuses to participate any longer he is exiled, but vows to get her back no matter what it takes. 2 - When Sutezo is forced to serve the barbarous master of a brothel in order to repay his debts, he becomes friends with a young girl named Sato in process. Together, they both escape and try to get by on scams and petty theft.
Jedenáctiletá Parvana žije se svou milující rodinou v afghánském Kábulu, v roce 2001 plně ovládaném Tálibánem. Doprovází otce při jeho snahách zajistit rodinu, umí číst a psát a dokáže dokonce vyprávět starobylé příběhy, které ji naučil. Ty jí v tomto okouzlujícím snímku o lásce k rodině a ohromné statečnosti malé dívky v přísně mužském světě pomáhají vzdorovat okolní nespravedlnosti. Její otec je totiž brzy neprávem uvězněn. V chlapeckém přestrojení a za pomoci stejně maskované kamarádky se Parvana začíná o rodinu starat sama. Odmítá se přitom vzdát snu, že jednou budou všichni zase pohromadě. V pestrých sekvencích ploškové animace, kontrastujících s digitálně malovaným prostředím hlavní dějové linky, její příběh zrcadlí pohádkové vyprávění o pouti za strašidelným sloním démonem, které Parvana sdílí s bráškou Zakim a kamarádkou Shauziou.
Mary je slušná dívka z dobré křesťanské rodiny, chodí do dobré křesťanské školy a má dobré křesťanské přátele. Jenže pak se jí svěří její chlapec, že je nejspíš gay a Mary, ve snaze Deana "napravit", otěhotní. Až v této situaci pozná skutečné přátele.
A relentless chronicle of the tragedy of the Uighurs, an ethnic minority of some eleven million people who live in the Xinjiang region of northwest China, speak a Turkic language and practice the Muslim religion. The Uighurs suffer brutal cultural and political oppression by Xin Jinping's tyrannical government: torture, disappearances, forced labor, re-education of children and adults, mass sterilizations, extensive surveillance and destruction of historical heritage.
The story of The Satanic Temple, a controversial movement that combines religion and activism with the apparent purpose of questioning the basic foundations of US society.
After winning yet another battle, Jorge is decorated as the new captain of the army, and now finds himself faced with his greatest challenge, whether to be faithful to his faith or succumb to the excesses of Emperor Diocletian.
Two men in a village are beaten up by a group of youngsters. A female detective tries to find out why the two do not want to report the assault.
The Ceddo people try to preserve their traditional African culture against the onslaught of Islam, Christianity, and the slave trade. When King Demba War sides with the Muslims, the Ceddo kidnap his daughter, Princess Dior Yacine, to protest their forcible conversion to Islam.
Dokáže síla lásky překonat ničivé důsledky netolerance?
Robbie a Trey poklidně žijí v tiché části města až do doby, kdy znenadání nastane konflikt s nenávistným sousedem Chrisem. Trey se po brutálním útoku ocitne na nemocničním lůžku, kde bojuje o život. Chris je podezřelý, ale má dobré alibi. Robbie se stane hlavním podezřelým a proto se zoufale snaží uskutečnit nebezpečný plán, který odkryje šokující tajemství a otočí mnoha lidem život naruby. Film Zločin z nenávisti, je příběhem o ničivých důsledcích netolerance a síle lásky.
Frank Sinatra teaches a group of young boys a lesson in religious tolerance.
In Uganda, a new bill threatens to make homosexuality punishable by death. David Kato - Uganda's first openly gay man - and his fellow activists work against the clock to defeat the legislation while combating vicious persecution in their daily lives. But no one, not even the filmmakers, is prepared for the brutal murder that shakes the movement to its core and sends shock waves around the world. (from imdb)
Follows Nasir, a middle-aged street salesman, who belongs to the Islamic minority and who lives with his mother Fatima, his wife Taj and his cousin Iqbal in a densely populated ghetto. As his day unfolds we find him to be a nimble romantic, marshalling a love of love, song, children, friendship, and even God to rise into something resembling a life well lived. But the increasing communal bigotry has other plans.
A young German/Bolivian Mennonite risks his life to escape his strict religious community to find love and freedom in the city.
This documentary portrays the way in which attacks against a twisted concept of “gender ideology” in four countries are being used to gain political power by right-wing conservative politicians supported by conservatives in the Catholic and evangelical churches.
Acting as both pseudo-sequel to, and remake of, Cutting Moments, Buck's follow-up changes the focus from the matriarch to the father... or, more fittingly, the many fathers... and the sins they pass down. Eschews explicit violence for a more psychological approach, to a no less harrowing result.
Hell and Mr. Fudge is an 2012 American drama film directed by Jeff Wood and written by Brian Phillip Stoddard. Based on a true story, the film stars Mackenzie Astin as Edward Fudge, an Alabama preacher who has been hired to determine the existence of hell.
When an American filmmaker is commissioned to make a film for a Middle East Biennial on the theme of 'art as a subversive act,' his film is banned for blasphemy, he is asked to destroy every copy, and threatened with arrest.
Documentary - A harrowing exploration of the rapid rise of American religious fanaticism after 9/11. This film explores an emerging ultra Right Wing mass movement seeking dominion over all aspects of contemporary American society. The film weaves archival video, contemporary Christian Nationalist movement propaganda (recruiting videos, apocalyptic/military videogame imagery, etc.) and original investigative material) to create an intense examination of the totalistic mindset and its will to power.