<h1>Darrel Manson</h1>

Darrel Manson

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By the Grace of God – The Sin of Silence

By the Grace of God – The Sin of Silence

Oct 22, 2019

?Deep down I knew. We all knew. We did nothing.? Although it is not limited to the Catholic Church, sexual molestation of minors by clergy is an issue that continues to burden the church. In France, a notable example centered on a priest, Bernard Preynat, and the...

Cyrano, My Love – So Many Loves

Cyrano, My Love – So Many Loves

Oct 17, 2019

Cyrano, My Love is an intersection of live and art. It could be debated which is imitating which as we follow fin-de-si?cle French poet/playwright Edmund Rostand as he struggles to create the play which brought him fame and success, Cyrano de Bergerac. The film opens...

Dilili in Paris – Vive le Belle ?poque

Dilili in Paris – Vive le Belle ?poque

Oct 4, 2019

Dilili in Paris is a celebration of fin de si?cle Paris. While it is an animated story of a young dark-skinned girl?s adventure, the core of the film is to meet some of the amazing men and women (especially women) of the Belle ?poque. The center of the film is Dilili,...

Collisions – ICE-y Road Trip

Collisions – ICE-y Road Trip

Oct 4, 2019

?Some are born under a lucky star, some are born into collisions? (Mexican proverb) A title card at the beginning of Collisions tells us ?Every four minutes a US citizen child is separated from a parent by deportation.? The film is told from the perspective of two...

Don’t Be Nice – Powerful Words

Don’t Be Nice – Powerful Words

Sep 27, 2019

Words have power. We often affirm that, but we don?t always see how that power unfolds. Don?t Be Nice is a documentary about people who are seeking to speak with power. It follows the Bowery Slam Poetry Team for several months in 2016 as they struggle to prepare for...

Neither Wolf Nor Dog – American Journey

Neither Wolf Nor Dog – American Journey

Sep 6, 2019

??ou got a lot of words, but you don?t say nothing. You gotta learn to listen before you can see. Listen to this old man here.? A white writer is summoned by a Lakota elder to visit him on the Pine Ridge Reservation. The elder wants him to take his various notes about...

Give Me Liberty – Van Load of Chaos

Give Me Liberty – Van Load of Chaos

Aug 30, 2019

As Give Me Liberty opens, we hear and then see a bedridden man who tells of being told he would never walk again, and finding that it was true. But he goes on to say, ?Life, it is what it is. Life is wonderful. It?s beautiful. I love life. I love everything about...

Light of My Life – A Father’s Love

Aug 12, 2019

Light of My Life opens with a father and daughter camping in the woods as he tells her a bedtime story that is peripherally connected to the story of Noah?s Ark. The story is one of rescue and protection of a young female fox as the world if facing destruction. The...