# @thirteenwnet on YouTube

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://youtube.com/watch?v=RwKZHIO2Np0
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- **Posted:** 2026-07-06T20:04:45.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** THIRTEEN (@thirteenwnet) — https://gondola.cc/thirteenwnet

## Caption

At a time when global headlines can feel dominated by division and conflict, the documentary "Sacred" steps back to explore faith as a primary universal human experience. Directed by Academy Award-winner Thomas Lennon and shot by more than 40 filmmaking teams worldwide, this film travels through 25 countries to show how people around the world find comfort in rituals and prayer as they face life’s biggest challenges, but also celebratory moments. The film dives into the personal lives of ordinary people, from the joys of birth and growing up to the struggles of adulthood and honoring the dead.

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Sacred is a WLIW LLC production for WNET in co-production with Japan’s WOWOW.
Director and Producer: Thomas Lennon
Co-Producer: Jessica Wolfson
Executive Producer: Julie Anderson
Executive Producer: William F. Baker
Executive in Charge: Stephen Segaller
Supervising Editor: Maeve O'Boyle
Editor: Nick August-Perna
Music: Edward Bilous

Major funding for Sacred is provided by The Gerald and Janet Carrus Foundation, George and Abby O’Neill, the David M. Milton Charitable Trust, Rosalind P. Walter and The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations. Additional support was provided by Lise Strickler and Mark Gallogly, The Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation, James and Judy Boyle, and Mary Beth and Knowlton J. O’Reilly.  Musical score produced with the generous support of the Stephen and Anna Maria Kellen Foundation and Fordham University.

0:00 - Introduction & The 1,000-Day Walking Monk (Japan)
3:52 - Initiation: Youth & Coming-of-Age Ceremonies
29:00 - Practice: Adulthood, Faith, & Marriage
57:17 - Passage: Crisis, Terminal Illness, & Rites for the Dead
1:18:27 - Epilogue: What We Pray For

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wnet, thirteen, humanexperience, faithandritual, sacred, buddhism, judaism, globalspirituality, god, religion, awardwinningdoc, thomaslennon, spirituality, catholicism, hinduism, christianity, pbs, sacreddocumentary

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