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Sister Rose's Passion
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Oren Jacoby's powerful 2004 film Sister Rose's Passion won the Best Documentary Short award at the Tribeca Film Festival and was nominated for an Oscar, two commendations that helped bring recognition to the life's work of Sister Rose Therling. Therling, a Dominican nun who entered the order in 1938, made it her mission to expunge anti-Semitism from Catholic teachings. She made enough of an impression on the church's powerful hierarchy (some of it through sheer embarrassment) that her research and outspokenness had a direct impact on the historic Vatican II Council, which declared that Jews as a people could not be blamed for the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Jacoby makes liberal use of some wonderful old footage and photographs showing us what Sister Rose's life and career were like at a time when Jews were routinely demonized in Catholic texts, classrooms, and churches. He also shows us a doddering Therling still hard at it, speaking to young Jewish students as well as adult members of a council of Catholic universities. Much is said in protest of Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ, which, Therling and others in the film claim, cherry-picks ideas from sundry gospels to present yet another customized case for the Jews being Christ's murderers. This stirring movie reminds us that one determined person can go a long way toward righting an old wrong perpetrated by millions of others. --Tom Keogh
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This poignant, must-see film chronicles the life story of Sister Rose Thering, a gutsy Dominican nun who had the courage, the toughness, and the passion to resist the status quo and push for what she believed was right. Sister Rose's work had a direct bearing on the historic Vatican II Council that reformed the Catholic Church's position on Jews and Judaism, and it is her spirit of resistance that shines throughout this documentary as she continues her energetic crusade amidst the swirl of controversy that surrounded Mel Gibson's blockbuster film The Passion of the Christ. (New Video)
ASIN: B000FBFZ1S
VSKU: DBV.B000FBFZ1S.G
Condition: Good
Author/Artist:Oren Jacoby
Binding: Dvd
Note: Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.
Condition Notes: Individually inspected: Guaranteed to play perfectly or your money back. Case may show wear and may be in library packaging. Ships Fast!
ASIN: B000FBFZ1S
VSKU: DBV.B000FBFZ1S.G
Condition: Good
Author/Artist:Oren Jacoby
Binding: Dvd
Note: Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.
Condition Notes: Individually inspected: Guaranteed to play perfectly or your money back. Case may show wear and may be in library packaging. Ships Fast!
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