This documentary features two programs. First, "St. Clare of Assisi" reveals the extraordinary life of St. Clare, a woman who reached the highest summits of Christian mysticism, who knew how to defend her decisions alone and who built a social reality that still challenges the centuries.

Along with medieval harmonies composed by Oscar-winning musicians, the exquisite photography explores all of the sacred places in and around Assisi that characterize the life of Clare and that of Francis. The testimony of a Poor Clare in the 40-minute documentary, moreover, exemplifies the figure of Clare in today's world.

The second program, included as a bonus, is "Poor Clares: A Hidden Presence." More than twenty thousand woman today follow the example of Clare of Assisi in monasteries scattered throughout the world--the cloistered convent, a city in prayer and a hidden presence with a love without reserve for all of humanity. The Poor Clares present in this 30-minute documentary speak of their realization as women, mothers and sisters inside the closed walls of a monastery.

SPECIAL FEATURES: English, Spanish and Italian languages, Chapter titles for easy scene access, Bonus program:"The Poor Clares: A Hidden Presence" (in English and Italian)