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This is a two-part TV docudrama that follows 17th century German Jesuit missionary scientist, Fr. Adam Schall von Bell, throughout his long and dramatic life in China.  Schall introduced modern astronomy to the Chinese, and influenced three emperors to allow the presence of the fledgling Catholic Church in China.
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Five year old Adriaan is sad. His beloved dog Spottie has died and now he's going to buy him a coffin. Together with his father he goes to the local carpenter. In the store there's also Adriaan's schoolmate Teun, who is carrying around his guinea pig. When Teun starts to ask questions about Spottie and makes remarks about death, Adriaan gets angry. But he allows Teun to come over to his house and see the body of Spottie.
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When obedience asks for sacrifice, when God's will was very different from his personal desires, Fr. Van Lith had to start his work as a missionary in the Land of Java. The incident of deception by the catechists, conflict caused by different vision, and the plan of closing the centre of mission in Muntilan were really a heavy burden for Fr. Van Lith. His life was just like a melting candle, because it has to burn for God.
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Alexandra and Florian, Erasmus exchange students, are off on a road movie across Europe to learn about discrimination as practised in our societies.They draw inspiration from reading the personal diary kept by ETTY HILLESUM, a 27-year-old Jewish woman victim of Nazism in Amsterdam, between 1941 and 1943.
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