Movies and TvShows featuring "obscurantism" theme.

Inherit the Wind is a movie based on the famous Scopes Monkey Trial, in which a biology teacher is prosecuted for teaching evolution. The trial becomes a battleground between the prosecutor, representing traditional religious beliefs, and the defense attorney, defending intellectual freedom and scientific knowledge. The movie explores themes of religion, politics, and the role of law in society.

In 1995 Algiers, a young pregnant woman, Amel, seeks refuge in a public bathhouse to smoke and reflect on her life. As she encounters other women who have different backgrounds and stories, Amel grapples with themes of religion, violence, and the challenges faced by women in a patriarchal society.

Young Algerian journalist Nedjma is investigating Islamic accounts of paradise. She is particularly interested in the descriptions used by Salafi preachers to recruit young Algerian men as jihadists. She and her colleague Mustapha find a number of disturbing, richly embellished video sermons and decide to explore the phenomenon in more detail.