Screening last weekend at Ebertfest, director Rebecca Parrish's "Radical Grace" documented the experience of several nuns targeted by the Vatican as “radical feminists” via a censure issued in 2014. They were suspected of disobedience to laws of the Roman Catholic Church.
Parrish gave the film a raw quality that felt genuine and allowed the audience to connect on an innately human level. Such is the nature of documentary filmmaking to appear more vulnerable. However, this film has a particular potency due primarily to its cohesive storytelling.
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