At the Death House Door is a personal intimate look at the death penalty in the state of Texas through the eyes of Pastor Carroll Pickett, who served 15 years as the death house chaplain to the infamous “Walls” prison unit in Huntsville. During Pickett’s remarkable career journey, he presided over 95 executions, including the world’s first lethal injection.
Oct. 7, 2009 – 8 p.m.
Wrench Auditorium
South Memorial Union
University of Missouri
Admission is FREE. Sponsored by the MSA/GPC Films Committee.
Sponsored by the Center on Religion & the Professions
Jewish women, from different countries and backgrounds, found themselves deported to the notorious concentration camp, Auschwitz-Birkenau, during the Holocaust. This film aims to chronicle that experience through those female eyes. While subject to the same physical hardships as men, the women do not dwell on that. Instead, they speak of camp families and faith, uplifting one another while trying to remain human. It was this path of spiritual resistance that, while not responsible for their direct survival, led to their ability to survive with healthy minds and spirits despite their surroundings. (2007)
This documentary offers an intimate look at the lives and work of three American women – a Buddhist, a Hindu, and a Muslim – for whom faith, activism, and identity are deeply intertwined. Shamita Das Dasgupta uses strong female figures in Hindu myth to provide encouragement to battered women to leave abusive husbands. Laila Al-Marayati illustrates how the Muslim principle of “zakat” served as the inspiration for the first free clinic in South Central Los Angeles. Mushim Ikeda-Nash integrates the experiences of women into the American Buddhist practice. The film offers insight into thought and action being created by women activists of various religious and cultural traditions in the United States. (2005)
Flight from Death: The Quest for Immortality
Worlds Apart: A Series on Cross-Cultural Health Care