Jerusalem

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Jerusalem

2013

42m

Documentary

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9 Reviews

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Archaeologist Jodi Magness travels through the city gaining unprecedented access to holy sites and its vast underground network to unravel some of Jerusalem's greatest mysteries.

Ella Taylor

Variety

03/21/2015

Magnificently scenic but fatally bland ...

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Radheyan Simonpillai

NOW Toronto

03/11/2014

3/5

The film effectively answers why this one place, not even a square kilometre in size, is such prime religious real estate, but it barely gestures toward the blood that has been paid for it.

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Linda Barnard

Toronto Star

03/06/2014

3/4

You can all but feel the heat of blazing candles in the Orthodox pre-Easter ritual of the Holy Fire in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the most impressive scene in a dazzling film.

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Henry Fitzherbert

Daily Express (UK)

01/16/2014

5/5

Benedict Cumberbatch narrates with effortless authority but it's the personal stories of three attractive young women, present day inhabitants representing the three faiths, which make this a moving and vital production.

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Linda Cook

Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)

11/13/2013

4/4

You don't just go to Jerusalem. You experience Jerusalem. Those are the words of the director of this phenomenal documentary.

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Daniel Ferguson

Director

Benedict Cumberbatch

Narrator

Taran Davies

Producer

George Duffield

Producer

Daniel Ferguson

Producer

Jake Eberts

Executive Producer

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Synopsis

Archaeologist Jodi Magness travels through the city gaining unprecedented access to holy sites and its vast underground network to unravel some of Jerusalem's greatest mysteries.

Director: Daniel Ferguson
Producer: Taran Davies, George Duffield, Daniel Ferguson
Distributor: National Geographic
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 20, 2013, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 16, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $8.0M
Runtime: 42m
Aspect Ratio: IMAX (1.43:1)