Documentaries - Cultural

 

The Qur'an

Starring...
Unknown

A ground-breaking, feature-length documentary by award-winning filmmaker Antony Thomas, The Qur'an asks what Islam's holiest book actually says about issues such as equality, punishment, peace, other faiths and suicide bombing. The film is part of a special week of powerful and thoughtful programmes that aim to de-mystify, as well as celebrate, the world's most talked-about religion and offer an insight into the lives and beliefs of Muslims across the globe.I have included the pre-program content warning as follows.

Warning : “The Program contains footage of executions, the aftermath of bombing and female genital mutilations which may upset some viewers”.

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The Seven Wonders of
The Muslim World

Starring...
Unknown

Building on the people and themes introduced in the series of short films shown on Channel 4 over the last six nights, this 90-minute documentary has unprecedented access to Mecca, the city that welcomes close to a quarter of a million pilgrims every fortnight, and the birthplace of Islam's founder.

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Travels In Virtual Japan

Starring...
Waldermar Januszczak

Writer and cultural critic Waldemar Januszczak takes a lively lookat the latest in Japanese technological innovationand scours Japan's past for clues to the present.

This is the place where past and future collide - a fusion of what came before and what is to come. Robotic monks, virtual bonzai, Robotic Coelacanths, the Otaku and the girls who set the fashion trends, a staggering artificial beach, the first Karaoke machine, Shigeru Miyamoto, toilets that measure your body fat then contact your fridge, doctor and supermarket - they're all here.

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