A visionary in every sense of the word, this famed 12thcentury benedictine nun was a christian mystic. A film series on those who woke us up produced by crazy wisdom films, in association with michael conti productions llc, explores the wellness and spiritual connection to creativity, nature and science. Hildegard of bingen 1098september 17, 1179 was a medieval mystic and visionary and abbess of bingens benedictine community. How much more difficult it must be for a foreign film about a medieval nun to find an american audience.
Gifted writer, composer, herbalist and more, a benedictine nun barbara sukowa works to expand. She realizes the woman behind the medieval habit so well that it becomes invisible. It will cause the only rebellion hildegard makes that turns her champions against her, albeit not permanently. The monks and nuns at the convent become a kind of family. Volmar was the first person to validate hildegards visions, and for more than 60 years he played an influential role in hildegards life. The film portrays an original woman best known as a composer and. Were sorry but jwapp doesnt work properly without javascript enabled. She was also a prolific composer and the author of several books on spirituality, visions, medicine, health and nutrition, nature. Hildegard of bingen as depicted in vision shows us how to respond to gods direct communications, to stand up for our faith, to take risks, to love learning, to. Enter city, state or zip code go fandango fanalert. Elected a magistra by her fellow nuns in 16, she founded the monasteries of rupertsberg.
When jutta died in 16, hildegard was elected head of the small convent at disibodenberg. A gifted benedictine nun works to expand the responsibilities and status of women in her order. Saint hildegard, the unruly mystic patron saint of creativity. She was their tenth and last child, and sickly from the time. The medieval prophetess who used her visions to criticize. With barbara sukowa, heino ferch, hannah herzsprung, lena stolze. Dec 07, 2010 how much more difficult it must be for a foreign film about a medieval nun to find an american audience. Perhaps hildegards most radical achievement was the establishment of her own cloister. A visionary in every sense of the word, this famed 12thcentury benedictine nun was a christian mystic, composer, philosopher, playwright, poet, naturalist, scientist, physician, herbalist and ecological activist. Gifted writer, composer, herbalist and more, a benedictine nun barbara sukowa works to expand the status and responsibilities of women within her order. As an eight year old originally from a noble family, hildegard comes into benedictine disibodenberg.
Saint hildegard, the unruly mystic patron saint of. Licensed to youtube by sme on behalf of sony classical. The film portrays an original woman best known as a composer and religious visionary whose grand claims often run. The complete english translation of her classic work on health and. And musical composer some of her liturgical music is still performed today. She was canonized in 2012, when pope benedict xvi declared her to be a saint through equivalent canonization, a papal proclamation of canonization based on a standing tradition of popular veneration. The medieval prophetess who used her visions to criticize the church. Lushly shot in original medieval cloisters of the fairytalelike german countryside, vision is a profoundly inspirational portrait of a woman who has emerged from the shadows of history as a forwardthinking pioneer of faith. Lushly shot in the original medieval cloisters of the fairytalelike german countryside,vision is a profoundly inspirational portrait of a woman who has emerged from. Hildegard of bingen, mystic, writer, composer, saint. The film portrays an original woman best known as a composer and religious visionary whose grand claims often run counter to the patriarchal.
Hildegard of bingen says she was threeyears old when she first saw a vision of the shade of the living light. Every saint has a shadow side and this film wisely exposes hildegard s. For the first half of her life, hildegard essentially served as juttas right. The film portrays an original woman best known as a composer and religious visionary whose grand claims often run counter to the patriarchal world around her. The monks and nuns at the convent become a kind of family, offering both confidants and enemies. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing vision. Vision one god enthroned shows himself to hildegard i saw a great mountain the color of iron, and enthroned on it one of such great glory that it blinded my sight. As the tenth child, she was dedicated to the church, and sent to an anchoress, jutta, for education. Saint hildegard, german abbess, visionary mystic, and composer.
Starring barbara sukowa, heino ferch, hannah herzsprung, alexander held, lena stolze, sunnyi melles. Hildegard of bingen was born in 1098, to a family of minor german nobility. Every saint has a shadow side and this film wisely exposes hildegards. Elected a magistra by her fellow nuns in 16, she founded the monasteries of rupertsberg in. Its a bit quirky, but does provide insight into how she lived. Hildegard of bingen biography hildegard early life, vision. These are the kinds of movies hollywood does not produce.
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