The Sawdust Paradise
She dances- The Dance of Death. She Sings- The song of Life. Scintillating, Fascinating, Desirable, Swifty She Weaves the Web of Destruction and then Regeneration. A Drama of Lights and Shadows.
Marie Madeleine
In Jacmel, Haiti, the sea, the churches, and the spirits shape daily life. Marie Madeleine is a free woman. She makes a living as a prostitute and navigates the nights without submitting to the rules of those who save souls. Her path crosses Joseph's, a young evangelist. A relationship blossoms between these two opposite beings. As Joseph’s faith wavers, Marie Madeleine draws him into a world where desire and the quest for freedom open up a space where everything can be reinvented.
Tarnished Angel
A showgirl with a dubious reputation flees the cops and transforms herself into a phony evangelist offering "cures" to the sick and disabled.
Abattoir
A reporter unearths an urban legend about a home being constructed from rooms where horrific tragedies have occurred.
Marjoe
Part documentary, part expose, this film follows one-time child evangelist Marjoe Gortner on the "church tent" Revivalist circuit, commenting on the showmanship of Evangelism and "the religion business", prior to the start of "televangelism". Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2005.
Favorite Son
The story of brothers in a gospel group struggling to find the balance between life, love, faith, and religion, while under the strict rule of their father, a megachurch reverend.
Pilgrim's Progress
Follow Christian and his companions on a great journey from the City of Destruction to the gates of Heaven as they face obstacles large and small, man-made and demon-spawned. Beyond the gripping drama, Bunyan’s powerful allegory teaches us all the hazards and hopes of the Christian life, and it features the triumphant glory that awaits all who faithfully follow the King of kings!
UFOria
Drifter and small-time con man Sheldon Bart encounters old friend, Brother Bud Sanders, a big-time con artist into faith healing and fencing stolen cars, at his revival tent outside a small town. Whilst helping Brother Bud, Sheldon falls in love with deeply religious and deeply lonely supermarket clerk Arlene, who believes in UFOs. When Arlene has a vision of an approaching UFO, everyone deals with the impending doom in their own ways.
Elmer Gantry
A charismatic charlatan begins a business — and eventually romantic — relationship with a roadside evangelist to sell religion to 1920s America. Based on Sinclair Lewis' novel of the same name.
Leap of Faith
Jonas Nightengale is a fraudulent Christian faith healer who makes a living travelling around America holding revival meetings and conducting 'miracles' with the help of his friend and manager, Jane, and their entourage.
The Miracle Woman
After an unappreciated minister dies, his daughter loses her faith in God, prompting her to open a phony temple with a con man. Can the love of a blind former aviator restore her faith and happiness?
The Neon Bible
During a train ride, a teenager recalls his upbringing in 1940s small-town Georgia and the events that have led to this point.
Angel Baby
A woman who believes she has been chosen by God to heal people is taken in by a greedy promoter and his shrewish wife to make the rounds of the rural South.
Ad vitam, la grande aventure des missions étrangères de Paris en Asie
Since the 18th century, the Paris Foreign Missions Society (MEP) has been sending priests to Asia in the name of the Gospel. The MEP missionaries have contributed to an extraordinary human, cultural, and religious adventure that gave birth to the Churches of Asia. The MEP priests continue the work begun 350 years ago by the first missionaries: bearers of good news, pioneers, spiritual mentors, and social activists, they are writing the history of the universal Church in Asia.
D'une rive à l'autre
This film offers us a juxtaposed journey of two priests: Father Van Ban, a Vietnamese priest from the parish of Thy Hu in the Hé region, who after nine years of training in Paris decides to return to Vietnam, and Bernard de Terves, a young deacon from the Foreign Missions of Paris who decides to leave for China after his ordination. Their intersecting paths allow us to address themes related to East-West intercultural dialogue, particularly that of transmitting the Gospel message.
The World That Perished
A documentary short that presents evidence for a global flood, using geological research and historical evidence to support the Biblical account in Genesis. Intended for Christian audiences, the film argues the Bible's trustworthiness by addressing scientific and cultural evidence for the flood and concludes with an evangelistic message.
Scars That Heal: The Dave Roever Story
This short film shows Dave's story from tragedy to triumph; and was able to overcome the physical, spiritual, and psychological boundaries that were holding him back.