Search Results for "holy land"

Cole goes on a trip to work on a novel. Then he comes back.

This movie is a short documentary about both the narrator's, and the youth's, experience as Christian tourists in Israel.

A coming-of-age saga set against the tense backdrop of Arab-Israeli politics. Mendy is a young Rabbinical student whose mind is too full of curiosity about the world that exists outside the restrictions of Orthodox Judaism. Recognizing his distraction, Mendy's teacher suggests that he visit a prostitute to get it out of his system. But on a fateful night, when he meets Sacha, a captivating Russian expatriate, who works in a Tel Aviv bordello, his appetite for outside experience only grows stronger.

A film made for the Melbourne Super-8 Film Group's "Postcode" series. In this case, images of 3066 (Collingwood), set to Patti Smith's "Spell" - holy, holy, all is holy.

Army of Lovers is a Swedish pop-dance band that has enjoyed a string of European hits in the 1990s, hits that are based on kitsch lyrics, high camp videos, and a libertine philosophy. This documentary film takes a fun and revealing look at one of Europe's most outrageous acts, the band's enduring popularity in Israel, and the vocalist's surprising decision to move to Israel, a decision that brings about their first-ever concert in the Holy Land.

Shamadai, heir to a line of Yi bimo (ritual priests), is raised by his mother after his father departs to seek a legendary White Sanctuary. Guided by his father’s cryptic manuscripts and map, he becomes a renowned bimo and at twenty-three sets out to retrace that path toward the mythic Bushileito. His journey turns into a spiritual odyssey through heritage and faith, haunted by the unresolved mystery of his father’s fate.

Set in the 1800s when Napoleon’s French ruled Europe, the film follows young Austrian carpenter Franz and his Bavarian wife, Katharina as an unforeseen event forces them to flee from Augsburg, Bavaria for Franz’s family home in Tyrol, Austria. Tyrolian sentiment is rising strongly against Napoleon and trouble is stirring. In no time it sweeps up Franz and his brothers along with the whole town.

Czech Photographer Josef Koudelka grew up behind the Iron Curtain and always wanted to know "what was on the other side". Forty years after capturing the iconic images of the Soviet invasion of Prague in 1968, the legendary Magnum photographer arrives in Israel and Palestine. On first seeing the nine-meter-high wall built by Israel in the West Bank, Koudelka is deeply shaken and embarks on a four-year project in the region which will confront him once again with the harsh reality of violence and conflict. Director Gilad Baram, Koudelka's assistant at the time, follows him on his journey through the Holy Land from one enigmatic and visually spectacular location to another.

Abortions in Israel of 2024 are still controlled by the political establishment, and women don't have control over their bodies. The Jewish womb is a national-demographic one, serving the growth of the Jewish population in the Holy Land. Through personal stories, surprising archives, and revealing documents, the misogynistic and discriminatory attitude towards women's decisions about their bodies and future is exposed.

When lapsed Jew and former cardiologist Harry suddenly decides to spend his retirement as a pig farmer in Nazareth, Israel, the move deeply shocks his family and his new neighbours. Back in New York, Harry’s ex-wife Monica is trying to manage the lives of their adult children, Annabelle and David, as well as her own.

Michel Khleifi interviews several interfaith and interracial couples in "Israel," asking each where they met, how they have addressed religious or cultural differences, how their families have responded to the relationship, and how they chose where to live. Most share similar stories of ostracisation. cenes from a rendition of Romeo and Juliet appear throughout the documentary.

Jane Corbin explores the legacy of the Balfour Declaration on a journey that starts in her home village. She explores the role her ancestor, British politician Leo Amery, played in the drafting of the declaration, issued by the government in 1917.

A documentary on how British double-dealing during the First World War ignited the conflict between Arab and Jew in the Middle East. The bitter struggle between Arab and Jew for control of the Holy Land has caused untold suffering in the Middle East for generations. It is often claimed that the crisis originated with Jewish emigration to Palestine and the foundation of the state of Israel. Yet the roots of the conflict are to be found much earlier – in British double-dealing during the First World War. This is a story of intrigue among rival empires; of misguided strategies; and of how conflicting promises to Arab and Jew created a legacy of bloodshed which determined the fate of the Middle East.

Palestinians and Israelis pursue conflicting visions of justice in the West Bank, zeroing in on the explosive issue of the Israeli settlements: its protagonists are both Israeli settlers and the Palestinians and Israelis who oppose them.

Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger Show Series Part 3 Special Show: Legendary Powers Full-Force Full-Throttle! Great Fierce Battle Shaking the Holy Land! is a stage show celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Super Hero stage shows. Held at Theater G-Rosso from October 30th 2021 to January 16th 2022, the stage show was recorded and released on Toei Tokusatsu Fan Club.

Massachusetts bakery owner Larry Baras dreams of bringing professional baseball to Israel and hires former Red Sox general manager Dan Duquette to help him.

A short documentary on Holy Land U.S.A., an abandoned religious park in Waterbury, Connecticut.

With the most tech startups and venture capital per capita in the world, Israel has long been hailed as The Startup Nation. WIRED’s feature-length documentary looks beyond Tel Aviv’s vibrant, liberal tech epicenter to the wider Holy Land region – the Palestinian territories, where a parallel Startup Nation story is emerging in East Jerusalem, Nazareth, Ramallah and other parts of the West Bank, as well as in the Israeli cybersecurity hub of Be’er Sheva. And we will learn how the fertile innovation ecosystem of Silicon Wadi has evolved as a result of its unique political, geographical and cultural situation and explore the future challenges – and solutions – these nations are facing.

A tour of Palestine in 1934.

After Noisey Atlanta, Noisey Jamaica and Noisey Chiraq, comes a documentary hosted and co-directed by Mike Skinner (The Streets) that takes the temperature of the rap scene in Israel and Palestine. During Noisey Israel Palestine we meet Tamer Nafar, also known as the godfather of Palestinian hip hop who founded the group DAM, Ohad Cohen who after being a regular in the Tel Aviv rap scene as a teenager then moved towards ultra orthodox Judaism, but still has ambitions to be a famous rapper, and Ben Blackwell, who is part of the fascinating Hebrew Israelite community of the desert town of Dimona. Plus many other MCs from all different backgrounds including Subliminal, Saz and Rebel Sun.

Biblical archaeologist Don Verdean is hired by a local church pastor to find faith-promoting relics in the Holy Land. But after a fruitless expedition he is forced to get creative in this comedy of faith and fraud.

Exodus Decoded is a documentary created by Jewish Canadian filmmaker Simcha Jacobovici, in which new evidence in favor of the historicity of the Biblical Exodus is explored.

Prime Minister Netanyahu gives journalist Peter Greenberg unprecedented access in this history-making, one-hour television special. It is a cutting-edge, unique look at Israel through the eyes of its leader.

The holy bible comes alive before your very eyes in this deeply moving video! You’ll follow in the footsteps of Jesus the Messiah and see all the sacred places where he lived, preached, performed miracles and was crucified – from the East Gate, where he first entered Jerusalem on Palm Sunday…to the actual site of His Ascension! Through breathtaking footage and fascinating narrative filled with scriptural references and documented historical facts, you’ll experience the majesty of the Holy City like never before!