Mother Teresa
by Ann & Jeanette Petrie
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Director: Ann & Jeanette PetriePrimary Contributor: Richard Attenborough
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, Full Screen, NTSC, Original recording, Special Edition
Running Time: 82 unknown-units
Published: 1986
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Publisher: Windsor Home Entertainment
Studio: Windsor Home Entertainment
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Movie Review: Love in Action
Summary: 5 Stars
The 1986 "Mother Teresa" film by Ann and Jeanette Petrie is the most inspiring and powerful portrait of the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize winner. This fascinating portrait shot in 10 countries over a period of five years transcends culture, class and religion. In 1952 Mother Teresa began picking up the dying in the streets of Calcutta, India. By the early 80s she and over 3,000 members of her order the Missionaries of Charity were working in 52 countries including Europe, the Americas, the Middle East and Africa and had provided love and comfort to over 42,000 abandoned people in the streets. Now a decade after she died in 1997 at the age 87 she remains an icon of kindness, love in action, compassion, sacrifice, service, frugality and a transformer of hearts and minds.
Mother Teresa's goal was not to convert others to Christianity but to allow Hindus to become better Hindus, Christians to become better Christians and Muslims to become better Muslims. She said, "We all belong to the same family, Hindus, Muslims and all people are our brothers and sisters. They are the children of God.
Her fame did not affect the way she lived. She went barefoot whenever possible and slept on the floor of an open dormitory with the other sisters. She ate lightly, used cold water, owned only two white cotton saris and washed her own laundry and dishes. Visitors were struck by her simplicity and frugality. She explained, "No money that is given to the poor should be wasted on our electricity. We use only what we absolutely need." The film shows how she lived Jesus' teaching, "Whatever you do to the least of my brethren, you do to me." She saw the poor and the sick as "Christ in distressing disguise." She said do small things with great love, ordinary things with extraordinary love. "Love has to be put into action and that action is service."
Summary of Mother Teresa
This powerful and inspiring film is considered the definitive portrait of the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize winner, Mother Teresa. Shot on the run over a period of 5 years in 10 countries on 4 continents, the sward winning film follows Mother Teresa into the world's most troubled spots. From the war in Beirut to Guatemala under seige, from the devastated streets of Calcutta to the ghettoes of the South Bronx, the film is an experience of the way Mother Teresa transcends all political, religious and social barriers with her works of love.Biography Video
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