Great religion-related/new age/political movies really worth watching.

[Postmodernist]

Hi,

I had some nice communication with Ananth and exchanged some movies which caused a revolution of my knowledge of religions, the world, spirituality and political systems.

I suggest posting here the titles of such movies which impressed you deeply and discussing them.

Exchanging thoughts and spreading the ideas we can really change the world for good

[Postmodernist]

My first entry, if nobody minds:


Three Faiths One God - arguments for unity of three major religions:
http://www.threefaithsonegod.com/
downloadable here: http://torrentz.com/2cb0b76c53dfa2a6...d7ab99f6a7c570

BBC "Jesus: Unknown Years Of Life"
BBC "Jesus's Family Tree"
BBC "The Miracles Of Jesus"
BBC "The Life Of The Buddha"
BBC "An Islamic History Of Europe" (with Dave Raynolds)
BBC "Crusades" - 4 series with Alan Ereira
Nine (Tim Burton's animated movie, 2009)


All these movies are available here:
http://torrentz.com

It was highly interesting to learn the historical/scientific facts about these people/religions. Some facts were total eye-openers for me.

[Postmodernist]

Also from my past correspondence with Ananth:

=> "Baraka" - a legendary new-age movie about cultures, religions, nature and human societies.

=> "Zeitgeist" and "Zeitgeist: Addendum" - fascinating neo-political movies. I really don't know whether they reflect the truth, but some aspects of these movies are breathtakingly realistic.

You can get these 3 movies at http://torrentz.com
"Z" and "Z:A" are even spread for free over Internet.

Two Swedish movies "Lucky People Center International" (1998) - about music and dance and "Surplus Terrorized Into Being Consumers" (2003) - about consumerism ideology as an aspect of anti-environmental capitalism.

Also, "Endgame: Blueprint For Global Enslavement" (2007) - streaming here:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1070329053...

And "The Money Masters":

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-515319560...

Among Baraka-like - Qatsi trilogy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qatsi_trilogy

Additionally, I was impressed by BBC's Horizon series:
http://torrentz.com/search?q=bbc+horizon
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horizon_(BBC_TV_series)
http://horizon.nmc.org/wiki/BBC_Feed

"Blue Gold: World Water Wars": http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1137439/

And perhaps "Zero: 911 Investigation":
http://zero911movie.com/site/

!Some of these movies are absolutely revolutionary!

[Postmodernist]

BBC: Bible Mysteries:
http://www.bbcactive.com/BroadCastLe...ductcode=21805

Episode 1: Crucifixion
This programme reopens the files on the trial of Jesus Christ and his horrific death by crucifixion, and examines what really happened in the style of a murder investigation.

Episode 2: Mary Magdelene
Who was the real Mary Magdalene? We remember her as a prostitute, forgiven by Jesus. We’re told that she washed his feet with her tears and dried them with her hair. For centuries she’s been known as the repentant sinner. In art, she has been immortalised as a semi-naked penitent, or an isolated hermit in the wilderness: an outcast.

Episode 3: The Disciples
They grumbled about the way Jesus handled situations. They wanted to destroy villages that refused to accept them. They argued amongst themselves about which one was the greatest.

Episode 4: Peter and the First Church
An archaeological investigation into the story of Peter, the disciple Jesus named “The Rock” on which He would build his Church. Contrary to the Bible, tradition says that Peter went to Rome to spread Christianity where he was martyred. Now with archaeological and scientific evidence we discover who Peter was, how he became the leader of the Early Church and whether his body really was buried on the Vatican Hill.

Episode 5: Joseph and his Coat of Many Colours
The story of Joseph and his multicoloured coat - made famous by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s stage show - is one of the oldest and greatest in the bible: A young man from Canaan, sold into slavery by his broth-ers, rises to be prime minister of Egypt saving his Pharaoh and his people from a devastating famine. But what evidence is there that someone like Joseph existed? Bible Mysteries finds out.

Episode 6: Joshua and the Walls of Jericho
This programme investigates the facts behind the famous Bible story of Joshua and the Battle of Jericho [in which “the walls came tumbling down” at the sound of trumpets], and reaches the startling conclusion that this incredible story is rooted in actual historical events.

Episode 7: The Nativity, Herod and the Massacre
This programme investigates the murders at Bethlehem, that first Christmas, and asks, did King Herod kill the children?

Episode 8: David and Goliath
This programme travels to Israel to reveal the archaeological evidence that a King called David really did exist. Experts show how ancient water tunnels below Jerusalem allowed David’s men to storm the city and make it their capital. We dig below the “spin” of the Biblical accounts to find the David of history – a man more flawed and ruthless than anyone could have imagined.

Episode 9: Revelations
The programme reveals how archaeology and science show that Revelation was written not for a 21st century audience, but by a church leader called John for his 1st century Christian Church, and that it was written as a warn- ing by him against involvement in the Roman Empire and in particular the worship of its emperors. In a surprising twist, the programme also reveals that thanks to recent archaeological finds the infamous number of the Beast may not be 666 but 616...


These are good: a logical approach to resolving biblical puzzled.

[Coon]

I've seen the Zeitgeist and Zeitgeist Adendum ones, and I'm affiliated to the movement itself. So also recommend those.

[Morticia NL.]

Thank you for this thread. I was thinking 'another thread, more stuff to do and watch- o no' But now that I read what you put inhere and why. Well it actually makes me happy to hang with you. Such a bunch of interesting 'thinking' people that post in this forum

So I see I have some movies that I need to watch

[Postmodernist]

Welcome. It feels great to share some non-mainstream ideas and concepts and visions.

Like, people would share some myth for 2-4 thousand years, and then *BOOM* science finds a fact showing how inconsistent some of our "given for granted" constructs are.


Other great documentaries:

=> BBC for Discovery Channel: "Who was Moses?"
=> BBC: "Moses" with Jean-Claude Bragard, 2002

[Chanakya]

This is not much of a movie but a talk rather. I saw this video in school and I really liked it.

I'd rather not explain anything, as I don't want to dilute what he said.
It contains references to Greek and Indian myth and the philosophy tied to it and most importantly the way culture influences one's way of thinking, while the whole talk is business oriented.

http://www.ted.com/talks/devdutt_pattanaik.html

[Citizen Erased]

I would recommend the film "Promises" here if you haven't already seen it.

It's not anything new, but I was very touched seeing the film-maker crying at the Palestinian and Israeli children meeting and playing together.

[Kenneth R.]

I loved 'Baraka'.

I would add, though it is not a documentary per-se, The Fountain.

[Postmodernist]

This futuristic clip is smthng interesting to think over:

You Tube

[Postmodernist]

Not a movie, but series of pictures.

Shitting the Earth up:
http://gigapica.geenstijl.nl/2009/05/mooi_milieu.html

[Chanakya]

Originally Posted by Postmodernist

Not a movie, but series of pictures.

Shitting the Earth up:
http://gigapica.geenstijl.nl/2009/05/mooi_milieu.html

That's very very disturbing.

[Postmodernist]

Originally Posted by Ananth

That's very very disturbing.

Yep. Pity not a single interpretation of any holy scripture says a word about saving the environment, being anthropocentric. Perhaps Zoroastrian faith a little and some forms of buddhism, but that's not influential enough.

And if we take "Western" countries, here all these things must be even more dramatic due to greater industrialization, but they are hidden in landfills. Some scientists predict that XXII is going to be the century of fights for non-contaminated territories.

[Chanakya]

Originally Posted by Postmodernist

Yep. Pity not a single interpretation of any holy scripture says a word about saving the environment, being anthropocentric. Perhaps Zoroastrian faith a little and some forms of buddhism, but that's not influential enough.

It's a pity that nature worshipping indigenous communities have been forced to accept mainstream religions. The whole Neopagan thing won't work will it?
Also I guess it's the consumeristic lifestyle that must be curbed. I don't think a lot of people would directly hack at trees for fun or pollute the ecosystem, hence be 'sensitive' towards the environment, while our very existence does exactly that indirectly.

[Postmodernist]

A political movie on music and freedom of self-expression: Heavy Metal in Baghdad
http://torrentz.com/e9eb8d8f0e31caf6...7e09851a24aba8

Many thank to Ananth.

[Postmodernist]

Ring Of Power: Empire of the City
http://torrentz.com/94ee99bb6ca84f3f...4e78fee8119d57

[Burke&HareInc.]

Speaking of self expression...
May I as how you, the board members, feel about the latest South Park episode, "200", and how the team behind it rips on the controversy surrounding the depiction of the Prophet Muhammed?
I've heard that some people take great offense in it but I would like to know the opinion of liberal intellectuals. After all, listening is understanding. Understanding is learning and learning brings peace and wisdom. Please, enlighten me.

[Postmodernist]

Not really a movie but a brillian book based on real events and characters,

Lyudmila Ulitskaya "Daniel Stein, Translator"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sponsored...ranslator.html

This book is simply a must read for anyone interested in the cultures of Middle East, in interactions between Catholicism, Judaism, Arabic Christianity and Islam, and the roots of these interactions, the history of Israel and the ways of peace and understanding.

The book is already available in English.

[HeathenPride]

The Turkish Passport: It is about 20 Turkish diplomats who were mostly working in Europe during the 2nd World War. The provided Turkish citizenships to many Jews and let them to migrate to Turkey. One of these diplomats lost his wife during his duty by a bombardment because of his good relationship with Jews.

http://www.theturkishpassport.com

[Mespheber]

I don't know what way you mean religion or politic related movie since there are as many ways to express it than humans, still, here are a few movies that really changed my way of thinking.

The Last Temptation of Christ
The book is probably better, but, well it's a Scorcese so not that bad. Just to remember that Jesus/Yeshua was a man before anything else.

Altered States
Science confronted to mysticism and the idea of collective conscience/knowledge in our inner self. A classic!

Jésus de Montréal
An actor is charged to update a show on the Passion and so does he in the enlightment of archeologic and historic discoveries.

The Believer
Based on a true story, the inner conflict of a jewish skinhead.

The Little Mosque on The Prairie
A canadian series showing the everyday life of a muslim community in western Canada. It nicely shows how we could live together no matter our differences. A great show!

That's it for now, but I'll complete if anything else comes to my mind....