Women Make Movies about women and religion: THE SERMONS OF SISTER JANE

Everyone,

I’d like to let you all know about a new documentary from Women Make Movies about women and religion: THE SERMONS OF SISTER JANE. It is a wonderful resource for religious studies, women’s studies and feminist studies classes. I am providing some information below on this documentary and other related titles for your perusal!

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THE SERMONS OF SISTER JANE: Believing the Unbelievable

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“Sister Jane tells it like it is…Here is a feminist nun who lives the values of justice and equality. The film captures her spirit and spreads her convictions.”
-Mary E. Hunt, Ph.D.
Co-director, Women’s Alliance for Theology, Ethics and Ritual

When Sister Jane Kelly discovered that a priest in her church was molesting young men and stealing from the congregation, and when the evidence was ignored by the church, she contacted the press, creating a scandal. THE SERMONS OF SISTER JANE: BELIEVING THE UNBELIEVABLE–the latest project from the Oscar and Emmy Award winning team, Allie Light and Irving Saraf–is an engaging portrait of an outspoken nun who combines her deep spiritual faith with her equally powerful commitment towards resistance and change.

To learn more or order online:
http://www.wmm.com/filmcatalog/pages/c700.shtml

Other WMM titles from these renowned filmmakers include:

• BLIND SPOT, RACHEL’S DAUGHTERS, DIALOGUES WITH MADWOMEN, MITSUYE AND NELLIE To learn more about these titles visit: http://www.wmm.com/filmcatalog/makers/fm42.shtml

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Related Titles | WOMEN AND RELIGION
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Be sure to check out other films from WMM’s diverse collection of films about women and religion.

• THEY CALL ME MUSLIM is a story of two very different Muslim women who struggle for the right to control their own bodies – under both a theocratic regime and secular, democratic country. http://www.wmm.com/filmcatalog/pages/c698.shtml
• In THE LOST TRIBE, ex-Mormon-lesbian-atheist Sue Ann Post travels to Salt Lake City and learns she has been officially ex-communicated. http://www.wmm.com/filmcatalog/pages/c667.shtml
• SENTENCED TO MARRIAGE exposes the Kafkaesque process of divorce for women in Israel where secular law does not exist, and divorce is dealt with according to strict interpretation orthodox Jewish law. http://www.wmm.com/filmcatalog/pages/c660.shtml

Sarah Reynolds
WOMEN MAKE MOVIES
Tel 212.925.0606 ext.312
Fax 212.925.2052
sreynolds@wmm.com
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Established in 1972 to address the under-representation and misrepresentation of women in the media, Women Make Movies is a non-profit media arts organization and the world’s leading distributor of independent films by and about women. WMM focuses on cutting-edge documentaries that give depth to today’s headlines, as well as
artistically and intellectually challenging works in all genres. For more information about WMM, visit www.wmm.com.