(Filmmaker in person)
Showing: May 30, 2pm, Abalone Room

What does it really mean to forgive? What are the social, moral, psychological and even physiological benefits of letting go of anger and letting in forgiveness? The Big Question addresses these questions with its thesis that forgiveness “is the one element that transcends the cultural divide and unifies humanity.” Gathering the thoughts of the celebrated such as Deepak Chopra, Thich Nhat Hanh, Desmond Tutu and SR Helen Prejean as well as the experiences of everyday people who have faced and overcome the kind of outrage, devastation and loss which is anything but everyday, Question offers us the answer that we all have the capacity to forgive. Yet in this area of our lives, as in so many others, we can only, really, learn by doing.

(2007, 63 min.) – G.R.