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Divine Women
Item# 52453
© 2012
150 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61753-284-9
The status of women in religion is a contentious subject, from the furor in the Anglican Church over female bishops to heated debate about the role of women in Islam. But it hasn’t always been this wa...
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Handmaids of the Gods: Divine Women
Item# 52455
© 2012
50 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61753-286-3
In this program, Bettany Hughes explores the lost era of the priestess as she explains the primacy of women in classical religion and in early Christianity. Visiting the Acropolis and other key sites,...
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War of the Words: Divine Women
Item# 52456
© 2012
50 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61753-287-0
Was the period known as the Dark Ages in fact a golden age for women in religion? In this program, Bettany Hughes profiles some powerful medieval women and shows how religion, and the written word, wa...
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When God Was a Girl: Divine Women
Item# 52454
© 2012
50 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61753-285-6
Travelling across the Mediterranean and Near East to some of the world’s oldest sacred places, in this program Bettany Hughes finds evidence that women were part of the very birth of organized religio...
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Afghanistan: Girl Power!
Item# 49269
© 2012
27 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-62290-633-8
“I think when you are born a woman in Afghanistan,” says Kabul native Noorjahan Akbar, “you are taught every day to hate yourself.” But, as this film illustrates, Akbar is in no danger of falling into...
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The Boxing Girls of Kabul
Item# 51991
© 2011
52 Min.
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This documentary film depicts a group of young Afghan women striving to become world-class boxers and training without the most basic facilities in the national stadium where the Taliban has recently...
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Sex and the Wailing Wall: The Battle of the Sexes at the Holiest of Sites
Item# 50023
© 2011
45 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61753-203-0
A band of brave Jewish women is fighting back for the right to raise their voices at the Wailing Wall. The holy site is the most potent symbol for Jews. But it is dominated by the ultra-Orthodox, who...
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Aung San Suu Kyi: Lady of No Fear
Item# 49273
© 2011
59 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-62290-573-7
The daughter of General Aung San, a key figure in the liberation of Burma from colonial rule, Aung San Suu Kyi had recently earned a Ph.D. in economics from the University of London when she returned...
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Sisters in Islamic Banking: Female CEOs and Sharia-Compliant Finance
Item# 45480
© 2011
50 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-62102-265-7
Women are still rare at the top rung of the banking industry, both in the West and in the Islamic world. However, a number of Malaysia’s Sharia-compliant financial companies offer excellent examples o...
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A Balloon for Allah
Item# 44873
© 2011
58 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-62102-182-7
As a child, Norwegian-Turkish filmmaker Nefise Lorentzen sent balloon letters to Allah—messages filled with all manner of questions and concerns. Still looking for answers today, she sets out to exami...
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