Hildegard of Bingen is widely recognized and popular beyond Europe - as a Christian prophetess and writer, as an expert in healing powers, and as a composer. The self-assured nun radically challenged church taboos and traditions, successfully establishing herself as a multi-talented figure in a male-dominated church. She made her divine visions public and advocated a theology without the concept of hellfire. Convinced that God created man and woman equally, she describes the differing sexuality of the genders in her books. As abbess, she managed the construction of her monastery above Bingen. Bishops and the emperor sought her counsel. She embraced the new knowledge of her time regarding medicine and natural sciences, and her books placed her at the forefront of scientific thought. Barbara Beuys narrates the unique career of Hildegard of Bingen.