explores the lives and work of three American women—one Buddhist, one Hindu, and one Muslim—for whom faith, activism, and identity are deeply intertwined.

a documentary about Dorothy Day which explores her radicalism and her personal story of wrestling with feminism, social justice, and Catholicism.

documents a young Baptist high schooler who has personally pledged to remain a virgin until marriage. However, when Shelby learns that her high school, which teaches “abstinence only,” has some of the highest teen pregnancy and STD rates in Texas, she becomes an advocate for comprehensive sex education.

documents the life of Dorothy Day, featuring Moira Kelly and Martin Sheen.

an animated film by Iranian born Marjane Satrapi, sketched in the same style as Satrapi’s popular graphic novels. The film is about her life during Iran’s Islamic Revolution, in which she portrays her young self struggling to balance her faith and her politics, while refusing to conform to Muslim demands for women.

a powerful documentary about Muslim and Christian Liberian women coming together in prayer and protest to bring peace to their country. Together, they were able to compel peace talks between the warlords and the corrupt government that had made their lives in Liberia hell on earth. The film won the Best Documentary Feature award at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival.

about the gospel-singing wife of a preacher who has lost his faith in himself. When an angel named Dudley comes along, he both increases and decreases the couple’s troubles.

explores questions of morality and gender roles within evangelical Christianity. A satire, Saved tells the story of a “good Christian girl” who has sex with her boyfriend to save him from being gay. She becomes pregnant and begins to question her religion; the film ends with a message of acceptance.

about a lounge singer pretending to be a nun after a mob boss puts her on his hit list.

features Whoopi Goldberg struggling to teach music to a class of rowdy teenagers.