Women of Faith (film)

Women of Faith
Directed by	Rebecca M. Alvin
Distributed by	Women Make Movies
Release date	2009 (2009)
Running time	60m

Women of Faith is a 2009 documentary by Rebecca M. Alvin, which examines women's decisions to lead religious lives in the Roman Catholic tradition in the post-feminist era. ^[1] It asks the question, "why would a woman choose a nun’s life today?"

Individual interviews with seven women provide answers - and explore how rebellion can happen within and outside the Church, how women in the Church reconcile conflicting, religious, personal, and political beliefs, and how they view official Church positions on contraception, homosexuality, and women's ordination as priests.^[2] The diverse group includes Poor Clares, contemplative nuns who spend most of their days in prayer, Maryknolls who have served in Central America, a lesbian former nun, and a Roman Catholic Womanpriest. ^[1]

The film is distributed by Women Make Movies.^[3] It has a running time of 58 minutes.^[4]

Later documentary

In 2020, a separate documentary was released by Angela Heath, named Women of Faith: Coping with Trauma.^[5]

References

1. Cape Code Times website, Alvin documentary examines 'Women of Faith' , article by Tim Miller dated October 10, 2009
2. Video Librarian website, ‘’Women of Faith: Women of the Catholic Church Speak’’, article by Kathy Fennessy dated September 11, 2011
3. "Catalog, Women of Faith". Women Make Movies. Retrieved 2024-01-10.
4. "Women of Faith". IMDB. Retrieved 2024-01-10.
5. Women of Faith Coping with Trauma website

External links

• Women of Faith at IMDb