Documentary features defiant nuns who defied 'patriarchy of the Catholic Church’
(Courtesy of Corita Art Center/Immaculate Heart Community)
In late June, a documentary film chronicling a group of protesting nuns who clashed with a cardinal in the 1960s became available in select theaters and on the streaming service Discovery+.
The Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, a group of nuns based in Los Angeles, “stood up to the patriarchy of the Catholic Church, fighting for equality, their livelihoods, and their own freedom against an all-powerful Cardinal who sought to keep them in their place,” according to the summary for Rebel Hearts.
“These ladies were kickass and kind of subversive,” one woman said of the sisters, who were dubbed “The Rebellious Nuns” in contemporary headlines.
