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Losing Sonia
  • Losing Sonia
  • Sonia is a nun in a Russian Orthodox monastery, trying to rebuild the values Russian society lost under successive political regimes. A journey into the Orthodox church, surprisingly full of life and artistic expression.

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The Light In Her Eyes
  • The Light In Her Eyes
  • The story of a leader who challenges the women of her community to live according to Islam, without giving up their dreams. Shot right before the uprising in Syria erupted, the film is an exclusive look at a social movement thriving in a country controlled by a repressive regime.

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Arab Attraction
  • Arab Attraction
  • Arab Attraction explores the unusual paradigm shift of a woman known for her pronounced feminist views. She falls in love with a 20 years younger man from Yemen, to become his second wife and a devoted muslim.

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A Road To Mecca - The Journey Of Muhammad Asad
  • A Road To Mecca - The Journey Of Muhammad Asad
  • Leopold Weiss was born Jewish, converted to Islam and named Muhammad Asad - to become one of the most important Muslims of the 20th century. Following Asad´s fading footsteps the director confronts today's world with Asads` visionary thoughts. “I fell in love with Islam,” Asad said before his death in 1992,“but I overestimated the Muslims.”

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