Synopsis
Six men who were sexually abused by Catholic clergy as boys find empowerment by creating short films inspired by their trauma.
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Cast
- Joe EldredSelf
- Mike ForemanSelf
- Ed GavaganSelf
- Dan LaurineSelf
- Monica PhinneySelf
- Michael SandridgeSelf
- Ryan TroboughSelf
- Terrick TroboughSelf
- Vanessa TroboughSelf
- Tom VivianoSelf
Recommendations
- 100
RogerEbert.com
This is an unrelentingly gripping and often disturbing film that dares to visualize (with taste and restraint) some of the vilest behavior the species is capable of, and take full measure of the psychic damage it inflicts on innocent victims. - 100
The Observer (UK)
What could have been a disaster in the hands of a less sensitive film-maker ends up an extraordinary feat of care, collaboration and creativity. - 100
Los Angeles Times
Observational documentaries are by nature intrusive, but Procession, miraculously, never feels that way — you sense humane engagement, not imposition. - 100
Vox
In letting them retell those stories their way, and asking us to watch, Procession dares its audience to not look away. It calls us, in other words, to join the healing community, not just with vague aspirations but with our actual eyes. To play our roles as audience members and then take what we learn and bring it to others. - 91
The A.V. Club
Greene, whose earliest documentaries were rooted in the cinéma vérité tradition and its portraits of ordinary American lives, has crafted a poignant group portrait with something to say about the crossed wires of pain and memory. - 90
TheWrap
Greene’s film explores not just the ability of art to repair emotional and sometimes physical injuries but also the resiliency of the human spirit and the solidarity of a group of individuals collaborating to provide comfort for themselves and each other through shared, unimaginable pain. - 90
Rolling Stone
It’s a harrowing documentary, to be sure, but also healing in a way that doesn’t go for easy emotional button-pushing, or play down the white-knuckle struggle they endure while processing all of it. - 87
Paste Magazine
Procession feels like the surest execution of Greene’s voice.
