Christianity--General (Documentaries)

Produced by Alpha North America.
666 minutes; released 2009.
Fifteen talks by Nicky Gumbel, dealing with essential questions of life such as: Who is Jesus? How can I be sure of my faith? How does God guide us? How can I resist evil? What does the Holy Spirit do? How can I make the most of my life?

Directed by Will Ehbrecht.
44 minutes; released 2009.
A Discovery Channel examination of the theological and historical claims made in Dan Brown's controversial novel Angels & Demons.

Directed by Steven K. Ray, Janet L. Ray, Joe Reynolds.
98 minutes; released 2007.
Best-selling Catholic author Stephen Ray takes the viewer to Israel, Turkey, France and Italy in his search for early church leaders like Ignatius of Antioch, Clement of Rome, Polycarp of Smyrna, Irenaeus of Lyons, and Justin Martyr. Part of The Footprints of God series.

Produced by the Eternal Word Television Network.
30-minute episodes; released 2007.
Father Edward Krause sets forth the basic tenets of the Catholic faith.

Directed by Margaret Wescott.
130 minutes; released 1984.
A National Film Board of Canada production which looks at the roles of women religious in history and today.

Produced by Salt + Light Television Productions.
57 minutes; released 2009.
A production about the Nashville Dominicans.

Produced by the Canadian Catholic School Trustees' Association.
1 disc; released 2001.
Features nine Canadian leaders in Catholic education reading from this bestselling book.

Produced by the Eternal Word Television Network.
90 minutes; released 1994.
A six part television series in which Cardinal Christoph Schonborn explores the history and content of the Catechism. Includes an episode on the sacraments.

Produced by the Eternal Word Television Network.
390 minutes; released 2006.
Monsignor Michael Wrenn examines the "Catechism of the Catholic Church", whose publication in 1992 did believers a great service by making more accessible the basic doctrines of the Catholic Church. Mrgr. Wrenn also considers opponents of the document and their motives.

Produced by the Teaching Company.
30-minute lectures; released 2009.
Professor William R. Cook explores the vast and fascinating history of one of the most influential spiritual institutions in the world. Follow the development of this powerful religious force throughout the centuries and witness its ability to move armies, inspire saints, and shape the lives and spirits of its more than 1 billion members.

Produced by the Eternal Word Television Network.
420 minutes; released 2006.
Father Charles Connors takes an in-depth look at the history of the Catholic Church.

Produced by the Eternal Word Television Network.
30-minute programs; released 2008.
Cardinal Justin Rigali shares his views about the legacy of the Second Vatican Council.

Produced by Filmroos, Inc.
400 minutes; released 1998.
An A&E documentary on the history of Christianity to the present day.

Produced by the Eternal Word Television Network.
30-minute episodes; released 2007.
Father George Rutler discusses varied themes relative to finding Christ in everyday life, even in the midst of the strife and stress of urban living.

Produced by EWTN Home Video.
90 minutes; released 2006.
Father Thomas Norris reflects on the contemporary relevance of "Encyclical on the New Millennium", an apostolic letter delivered by John Paul the Great at the close of the Great Jubilee in 2000.

Produced by Santa Cruz Media.
257 minutes; released 2006.
In these four lectures, Father John Corapi discusses why Catholics leave the Church and why they should return.

Directed by Seth Stark.
108 minutes; released 2007.
The pastors of a Catholic church and an Evangelical Protestant church in Troy, Michigan, discuss their similarities and differences.

Directed by Oren Jacoby.
95 minutes; released 2008.
James Carroll examines how persecution and violence in the name of God have formed a part of the Church's history.

Produced by the Eternal Word Television Network.
390 minutes; released 2006.
This series introduces the average lay person to the basic beliefs and practices of Catholicism.

Directed by Amy Berg.
104 minutes; released 2006.
A documentary about Oliver O'Grady, a former Catholic priest convicted of sexually assaulting children.

Produced by the Eternal Word Television Network.
30-minute programs; released 2001.
Father Charles Connor introduces the 33 saints whose writings have been recognized by the Church for their profound understanding of the faith.

Produced by the Teaching Company.
30-minute lectures; released 2002.
In a series of 24 recorded lectures, Professor Luke Timothy Johnson presents the history of the early Church and how the experience of religion caused it to become one of the fastest growing of all major religions.

Produced by Ascension Press.
60-minute lectures; released 2009.
Steve Weidenkopf introduces the major people, places and events that make up the history of the Catholic Church.

Directed by Mark Birnbaum.
57-minute videocassettes; released 1997.
A documentary series about the Second Vatican Council.

Directed by Alexandra Pelosi.
56 minutes; released 2007.
Pelosi takes a roadtrip meeting a cross-section of evangelical Americans.

Directed by William Cran.
60-minute programs; released 1998.
PBS Frontline traces the life of Jesus and the roots of Christianity into the third century.

Directed by Tom Dunton.
30-minute lectures; released 2004.
This course follows the tale of early Christianity and its subplots to illuminate significant issues in the history of this major religion. It presents a history of Christianity from the time of Jesus to the end of the fourth century. It examines Jewish-Christian relationships, Christian relationships with the Roman Empire, persecution of Christians, and the development of church offices and theology.

Produced by the Public Broadcasting Service.
210 minutes; released 1987.
A series hosted by Bill Moyers. The Kingdom Divided looks at Christianity, and liberation theology, in Central America. The Battle for the Bible examines Southern Baptists' beliefs about the Bible. On Earth as it is in Heaven explores Christian Reconstructionism, a movement urging believers to be politically active to create a world where the Bible is the basis for government, law and economy.

Directed by Brian Flemming.
62 minutes; released 2005.
This provocative film by a former fundamentalist Christian attempts to prove that Jesus Christ never existed.

Produced by the Eternal Word Television Network.
390 minutes; released 2006.
Using Aquinas's proofs of God's existence, Dr. Rice shows how humans can, apart from any reference to God or religion, discern right from wrong. But these evidential laws of right and wrong, says Dr. Rice, fit remarkably well with Christianity, which leads Dr. Rice into his discussion on faith and reason and ultimately to the Church, whose teachings alone can show mankind the path to salvation.

Directed by Norris J. Chumley.
117 minutes; released 1995.
Numerous people, including Deepak Chopra, Maya Angelou, Tim Robbins, the Rev. Calvin Butts, read and analyze Jesus's "living gospel." Based on scholar Stephen Mitchell's popular book.

Produced by the Teaching Company.
30-minute lectures; released 2003.
Provides an overview of Christianity, the world's largest religion, and discusses why, in addition to being vast and popular, it is also extremely complex and often highly contradictory.

Directed by Joe Cultrera.
86 minutes; released 2007.
A documentary about Paul Cultrera who was sexually molested as a child by a Catholic priest.

Produced by the Teaching Company.
30-minute lectures; released 2001.
Professor Brad S. Gregory explores a watershed period in history, introducing the people, ideas, and events that transformed Western Christianity at the dawn of the modern age. This course is designed to give you a balanced, historical overview of the Reformation era during the epoch-making years that separated Luther's Ninety-five Theses (1517) from the end of the Thirty Years' War (1648).

Produced by the Teaching Company.
30-minute lectures; released 2008.
Provides an overview of the development of Christian theology, from the writings of St. Paul and the formation of doctrines in the Middle Ages, through the Protestant Reformation, to the Vatican Councils.

Directed by Nicholas J. Furris.
86 minutes; released 1994.
A history of the Orthodox Church, with detailed information on her traditions and sacramental life.

Produced by Salt + Light Television Productions.
30 minutes; released 2005.
In the fertile grounds of Uganda there is a little diocese called Lugazi. This short documentary is a testament to one Toronto priest's vision to get hundreds of cows for Uganda. But more than that, it is a tribute to the children in schools and parishes in the Archdiocese of Toronto, who helped make this vision a reality.

Produced by the Biblical Archaeology Society.
256 minutes; released 2005.
Lectures by five eminent Bible scholars and archaeologists revealing how recent discoveries are changing the way we view the world of Jesus and the earliest Christians.

Produced by Paulist Productions.
45-minute programs; released 2002.
A series looking at how different world cultures have viewed Jesus Christ.

Produced by Salt + Light Television Productions.
47 minutes; released 2005.
A group of young Catholics visits the Holy Land.

Produced by Shade Tree Studios.
48 minutes; released 2002.
The 900 year history of the world's oldest order of chivalry, the Knights of Malta.

Produced by the Teaching Company.
30-minute lectures; released 2004.
He was only a humble monk and Bible professor, yet he sparked a religious rebellion that changed history. This 24-lecture course explores Martin Luther's theology and the Reformation after he posted his famous 95 theses on the church door in Wittenberg, Germany in 1517.

Produced by Kultur.
50 minutes; released 2006.
The dramatic and moving stories of martyred Christians over nearly two thousand years. Part of the Pillars of Faith series.

Directed by Doug Fisher.
20-minute episodes; released 2005.
A series of ten programs presented by Father Michael Himes. Topics include grace, baptism, eucharist, reconciliation, and sacraments of vocation.

Produced by the Eternal Word Television Network.
28-minute programs; released 2007.
Father Benedict Groeschel exhorts viewers to contemplate the Godhead.

Produced by Ignatius Productions.
50 minutes; released 2005.
Father Mitch Pacwa visits the sites that featured importantly in the first Christmas.

Produced by Salt + Light Television Productions.
50 minutes; released 2006.
An examination of Opus Dei, a personal prelature in the Catholic Church.

Produced by Now You Know Media.
30 lectures on 10 discs; released 2012.
In The Origins of Christianity, you will explore the rich history of Christianity through 30 erudite lectures. In exploring the fundamental questions that challenged Christianity from the Apostolic Age to the Council of Chalcedon in 451 AD, you will gain a deep understanding of the roots of the beliefs Christians hold dear. By learning about Christianity’s remarkable origins and development, you will gain a richer understanding of the Church today.

Directed by Fred Williams.
30-minute episodes; released 2002.
Father Frederick Miller discusses the priesthood, from it's beginnings with Christ's ministry on earth, through the reflection of the Early Church Fathers.

Produced by the Eternal Word Television Network.
30-minute programs; released 2009.
Dr. Scott Hahn and Mike Aquilina provide a clear-sighted contemporary apologetic for Catholicism.

Produced by the Eternal Word Television Network.
240 minutes; released 2005.
This documentary looks at how the Iberian people, who for years lived under Roman and Visogothic rule, emerged as a unified nation with a significant role to play in God's plan to evangelize the New World.

Directed by James Rutenbeck.
85 minutes; released 2008.
A documentary about a small-town parish in Massachusetts, founded by Irish immigrants and now serving a culturally-mixed working-class community.

Produced by CBC Television.
30 minutes; released 1988.
CBC's Man Alive examines the "Shroud of Turin."

Produced by the Teaching Company.
30-minute lectures; released 2002.
This set of 24 lectures examines aspects of elite and popular culture in late medieval and early modern Western Europe, focusing on the way in which men and women seeking to explain, order, and escape the terrors of their lives embraced transcendental religious experiences, dreamed of and worked for the coming of the apocalypse, and seized on a widespread belief in witchcraft and Satanism.

Produced by Gateway Films and Vision Video.
30-minute programs; released 1990.
A series of documentaries with dramatizations shot on the actual locations of early Church events.

Directed by George Torok.
324 minutes; released 1988.
A retrospective look at the Second Vatican Council and its impact on matters of liturgy and doctrine.

60-minute video available online; created in 1996.
Using documentary footage and current interviews, this series chronicles the involvement of conservative, primarily Protestant, Christians in political and social issues.