New Special Explores the Myth, Meaning and Allure of Angels

Janson Media today announced the release of the award winning documentary In Search of Angels: The Meaning, Myth and Allure of Angels (1 x 60') to worldwide Television, VOD, New Media, and Non-Theatric markets. Narrated by Debra Winger, In Search of Angels explores the myth, meaning and allure of angels, both in history and popular culture, in a visually stunning program filmed on location in major cities, museums and art galleries in Europe and America.

In Search of Angels brings the most comprehensive collection of angel images ever assembled for television, with an abundance of treasured angelic works: Gian Lorenzo Bernini"s Ponte Sant"Angelo, Ecstasy of St. Teresa at Cornaro Chapel; baldacchino at St. Peter"s Basilica; Louis Tiffany"s Chapel of the Angels; seven great lancet windows representing St. Michael"s Victory in Heaven at St. Michael"s Church in New York; Otto Wagner"s art nouveau masterpiece Kirche am Steinhof in Vienna; Marc Chagall"s luminous ceiling of musical; and winged beings at Opera Garnier in Paris, to name a few.

In Search of Angels explores how the idea and regard for angels in human life persists, through venerated stories and depictions as well as in ever-new interpretations. John Milton"s tumultuous "War of Heaven" from Paradise Lost - and Winger"s potent reading of it - posits striking contrast to film clips of the gentle, angelic longings in post cold-war Berlin from Wim Wender"s acclaimed films Wings of Desire and Faraway So Close.

In Search of Angels effects a beautiful, dense, rich visual tapestry for each narrative chapter: Angels in Popular Culture; the Celestial Hierarchy of Angels; Guardian Angels; archangels Gabriel, Michael and Raphael; The Annunciation and The Assumption of Mary; Angels as Intermediaries, Divine messengers, and Recorders; Angel of the Waters, and more. The film features interviews with prominent personalities include Angels in America Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning playwright Tony Kushner, recording artist and songwriter Rickie Lee Jones, America"s preeminent literary critic Harold Bloom, and best-selling author of A Book of Angels Sophy Burnham, among others.

In Search of Angels presents a bright musical palette; from classic choral works to contemporary instrumental and vocal works; with original theme music by Tim Story, from the Music soundtrack CD for Windham Hill Records.