MAY 5-10, 2017
THE RUBIN MUSEUM OF ART
150 West 17th St.
New York, NY 10011
Sacred is a global portrayal of religious faith and ritual—a journey through the milestones of private life.
Screenings will be followed by conversations between Academy Award-winning director Thomas Lennon and leaders from various religious traditions.
Shot by more than forty filmmaking teams around the world, the film immerses the viewer in the daily use of faith and spiritual practice. At a time when religious hatreds dominate the world’s headlines, this film explores faith as primary human experience, and how people turn to ritual and prayer to navigate the milestones and crises of private life. The film’s director commissioned or sourced footage from top independent filmmakers from more than 25 countries—and a wide range of religious traditions—each team contributing a single scene. The film, sweeping in its global reach, yet intensely intimate, is a tour de force that unifies these scenes into a single work, told without narration, without experts and, for long stretches, without words at all.
Co-presented by Global Spiritual Life at NYU. For more: http://rubinmuseum.org/events/series/sacred