Merton: A Film Biography
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- Runtime
- 57 mins
In his lifetime, Thomas Merton was hailed as a prophet and censured for his outspoken social criticism. For nearly 27 years he was a monk of the austere Trappist order, where he became an eloquent spiritual writer and mystic as well as an anti-war advocate and witness to peace. Merton: A Film Biography provides the first comprehensive look at this remarkable 20th century religious philosopher who wrote, in addition to his immensely popular autobiography The Seven Storey Mountain, over 60 books on some of the most pressing social issues of our time, some of which are excerpted here. Merton offers an engaging profile of a man whose presence in the world touched millions of people and whose words and thoughts continue to have a profound impact and relevance today.
In his lifetime, Thomas Merton was hailed as a prophet and censured for his outspoken social criticism. For nearly 27 years he was a monk of the austere Trappist order, where he became an eloquent spiritual writer and mystic as well as an anti-war advocate and witness to peace. Merton: A Film Biography provides the first comprehensive look at this remarkable 20th century religious philosopher who wrote, in addition to his immensely popular autobiography The Seven Storey Mountain, over 60 books on some of the most pressing social issues of our time, some of which are excerpted here. Merton offers an engaging profile of a man whose presence in the world touched millions of people and whose words and thoughts continue to have a profound impact and relevance today.
Cast
- Alexander Scourby
- Gregory Abels
- John Barber
- Jim Forest
- Robert Lax
- John Eudes Bamberger
- Flavian Burns
- Robert Giroux
- Naomi Burton Stone
- James Laughlin
- Jean Jadot
- Ernesto Cardenal
- Lawrence Ferlinghetti
- W. H. Ferry
- Mary Luke Tobin
- Joan Baez
- Maurice Flood
- Thích Nhất Hạnh
- Rembert Weakland
- Jean Leclercq
- Tenzin Gyatso
Director
- Paul Wilkes
Producers
- Paul Wilkes
- Audrey Laurine Glynn
