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There are seven million Jehovah's Witnesses in 230 countries worldwide. They spend 1.3 billion hours a year ministering door-to-door, making them one of America's favorite punch lines. Despite their 130-plus-year history, this Christian group is still often derided and misunderstood. While...
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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | Closed-captioned for the hearing-impaired. |
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[©2006]
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| Edition: | [Home ed.]. |
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| Summary: | There are seven million Jehovah's Witnesses in 230 countries worldwide. They spend 1.3 billion hours a year ministering door-to-door, making them one of America's favorite punch lines. Despite their 130-plus-year history, this Christian group is still often derided and misunderstood. While protecting their own rights, Jehovah's Witnesses have won a record number of U.S. Supreme Court cases, expanding freedoms for all Americans. They refuse blood transfusions, choose non-violence, and are moral conservatives who stay out of politics. Jehovah's Witnesses are exemplary in modeling how groups with increasingly polarizing religious and social views can peacefully coexist. |
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| Item Description: | Originally aired on May 22, 2007 as an episode of Independent Lens on PBS. Video special features: Free speech short film (6 min.); Public Impressions of Jehovah's witnesses (5 min.); Lecture series; Street witnessing (7 min.); Filmmaker interviews (22 min.); DVD-ROM includes pdf Study/discussion guide. Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (64 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | DVD; NTSC. DVD-ROM system requirements: DVD-ROM drive, Adobe Acrobat Reader. |
| Production Credits: | Edited by Jim Klien, Nathaniel Dorsky; director of photography, Howard Shack ; original music by Stephen Thomas Cavit. |