The Little will screen Sacred (Thomas Lennon, U.S. / Japan / France / Canada / Spain / India / Netherlands / Philippines / Russia / Poland / China / Israel / Egypt / Pakistan / Ukraine / Peru / Lebanon / Nepal / Kenya / Haiti / Saudi Arabia / Ethiopia / Myanmar / Madagascar / Sierra Leone / Botswana 2016, 87 min.) followed by a discussion with executive producer Bill Baker as part of the One Take Documentary Series.

Shot by more than 40 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: 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.

[source: Little Theatre website, 2017-Apr-7]