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Glimmer of hope / the National Film Board of Canada presents ; director, Charles Konowal ; producer, Joe MacDonald ; co-producer, Charles Konowal ; narration writer, Bob Lower.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bereavement--Psychological aspects.
- Bereavement.
- Murder victims' families.
- Justice, Administration of.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video file (52 min.) : digital, sound, color
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- [Montréal, Québec] : [Distributed by] National Film Board of Canada, [2021]
- System Details:
- System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- video file
- Summary:
- The death of a child is tragedy enough, but when the cause of death is random, brutal murder, the pain can be insurmountable. In the aftermath of horror, the greatest challenge can be to come to terms with grief and get on with life. The Streufert family is part of a growing movement of victims of violence. Taking healing into their own hands as they try to reach an understanding of the tragedy that has shattered their lives, they confront their daughter's killers. This film documents the dialogue and its effects over a three-year period of victim/offender mediation, a bold new approach to criminal justice. By meeting the killers of their daughter, they can ask the questions that plague them, hear the killers' version first-hand, and bring a monstrous act and its perpetrators into human focus--all in the hope of coming to terms with inexpressible loss and grief.
- Participant:
- Narrator, Ian Brown.
- Credits:
- Cinematography, Charles Konowal, C.S.C. ; editors, Charles Konowal, Kenneth George Godwin, Robert Lower ; music composer, Glenn Buhr.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames.
- Originally produced by: National Film Board of Canada, ©1997.
- Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed April 05, 2021).
- Publisher Number:
- nf-glim Docuseek2
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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