Women and Spirituality: The Goddess Trilogy

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Women and Spirituality is a series of three documentaries focusing on women's spirituality in the Western World at the end of the 20th century and the Goddess movement. After the third part came out, they were sold as a trilogy, [1] [2] which won several awards. [3]

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References

  1. "Women and Spirituality: The Goddess Trilogy".
  2. "Women & Spirituality". Amazon. 13 May 2008.
  3. Sage Starwalker (31 October 2005). "Staffing the Movement" . Retrieved 4 January 2018. Her Women and Spirituality Trilogy won eight awards, including the Cable Ace award for best long documentary and a Blue Ribbon award from the Chicago Film Festival. It was also voted most popular film at the Toronto Festival of Festivals and the Vancouver Film Festival.