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Movies discussed in this section:

bullet Brokeback Mountain: A relationship between two bisexual sheepherders

bullet The Da Vinci Code: A novel -- a work of fiction -- about Mary Magdelene and Jesus

 
bullet Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed: A film by Ben Stein about academic freedom and intelligent design

 
bullet For the BIBLE tells me so: Conflicts over equal rights for persons of all sexual orientations

bullet The Heart of the Beholder: A movie about religious intolerance and bigotry, based on a true story

 
bullet Color photograph of the actor playing the role of Jesus The Passion of the Christ (2004) About Jesus' execution

 
bullet The Pursuit of Equality About same-sex marriage licenses in San Francisco

bullet Color photo of the actors in the movie Saved! (2004) About intolerance in a Christian high school

 
bullet ScaredSacred (2005) A personal quest for hope in an age of violence and fear

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Eventually, we plan to add reviews of older movies to this list, like:

bulletGone (nominated for Best Christian movie of the Year),

bulletThe Last Temptation of Christ,

bulletThe Gospel of John,

bulletJesus of Montreal,

bulletJesus (a.k.a. The Jesus Film), etc.

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Links to additional movies of potential interest:

bullet"When the Goddess ruled the earth:" In early 2008, Arden films released a feature documentary by John McCluskey. It deals with Goddess worship in Europe and the Far East during the Neolothic / Megalithic eras (circa 8500 to 2000 BCE.). It was photographed on location in Ireland, Scotland and France during a seven year interval.
"The film meticulously explores ancient Megalithic stone monuments as they relate to the Earth Mother Goddess, interpreting the incised art on the stonework and bringing to the world new understanding of this highly advanced civilization. These massive monuments were built by the thousands around the European coastlines and even reached Japan." 1
An MP4 trailer can be viewed at: http://www.whenthegoddessruledtheearth.com/
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"Zeitgeist:" This movie is to be released on "Z-DAY" 2008-MAR-15 -- "A world Wide Expression for Change.".

"Zeitgeist, produced by Peter Joseph, was created as a nonprofit filmiac expression to inspire people to start looking at the world from a more critical perspective and to understand that very often things are not what the population at large think they are."
Topics covered include ancient sun worship, the Zodiac, Pagan Gods and Goddesses, numerous saviors of humanity, astrology, the Bible, Gnosticism, Christianity, Pagan religions as source material for the Hebrew and Christian scriptures (Old and New Testaments), and other topics.

The movie web site has a corrections/clarifications section, similar to our site's corrections section, that is nearly unique on the Internet.

The 1 hour 56 minute film can be viewed at: http://zeitgeistmovie.com/

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Books about movies with a religious theme:

bullet W. Barnes Tatum, "Jesus at the Movies: A guide to the first hundred years," Polebridge Press, (1997), Read reviews or order this book safely from Amazon.com online book store

bullet Richard C. Stern, et al., "Savior on the Silver Screen," Paulist Press, (1999). Read reviews or order this book

bullet Lloyd Baugh, "Imaging the Divine: Jesus and Christ-Figures in Film," Sheed & Ward, (1997). Read reviews or order this book

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Movie lists:

bulletDVD Ideas has is a DVD movie listing website. Last time we looked, they had sixty movies on the topic of religion. See: http://www.dvdideas.com/

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References used:

The following information sources were used to prepare and update the above essay. The hyperlinks are not necessarily still active today.

  1. "When the goddess ruled the earth," Arden Films, at: http://www.whenthegoddessruledtheearth.com/

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Copyright © 2004 to 2008 by Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance
Originally written: 2004-JUN-13-
Latest update: 2008-JAN-08
Author: B.A. Robinson

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