Women of Faith (2008) (NR)

synopsis

This absorbing documentary examines women's decisions to lead religious lives in the Roman Catholic tradition in the post-feminist era. Throughout history, nuns were given certain advantages over other women, while still oppressed within their vocational pursuits. They were taught to read and write, encouraged to pursue music, literature, art, philosophy and spirituality, and officially allowed to escape marriage's powerless role of wife. But why would a woman choose a nun's life today?