Given the religious composition of my own matrilineal heritage I'll probably spend not a second less than eternity in hell for completely ignoring the fact that Italians started calling the Virgin Mary, a.k.a. the mother of God, ma donna - "my lady," or something thereabout - like 400 years ago. When I did my Madonna search just now, it took a good, long while before I happened upon the Virgin Mary. The following film is a recreation of those events.The photo browsing software from the end is a browser plug-in called CoolIris.This video was created for the MAT program at the Marlboro College Graduate Center. They are so proud. Created using the following software:iMovie, Screenflow, Kurzweil 3000, Audacity, Firefox, OmniDazzle, CoolIrisThe music is Uphi Umhlobo, by Ladysmith Black Mambazo