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In our son's name / produced and directed by Gayla Jamison.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Parental grief--United States--Death.
- Parental grief.
- Resilience (Personality trait)--United States--Death.
- Resilience (Personality trait).
- Reconciliation--Death.
- Reconciliation.
- September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001--Psychological aspects.
- September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.
- Victims of terrorism--United States--Psychological aspects.
- Victims of terrorism.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (65 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- Atlanta, GA : Lightfoot Films, 2015.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- In French.
- Original language in English.
- Original language in French.
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- Phyllis and Orlando Rodríguez's lives shatter when their son, Greg dies with thousands of others in the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. Instead of seeking revenge, the grieving parents begin a journey of reconciliation that transforms their lives. The film follows their odyssey, which thrusts them reluctantly into the public eye as they speak out against war in Iraq and Afghanistan, oppose the death penalty for 9/11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui, and befriend his mother. Seeking to understand the nature of violence, they engage in an emotional dialog with men incarcerated at Sing Sing prison for violent crimes, who themselves seek reconciliation. Over time Phyllis and Orlando reach a new understanding of their rebellious son, who had just begun to find his way when his life was cut short. The film mixes in-depth interviews with on-location footage and striking archival photographs and video to create a deeply personal story that invites us to re-consider conventional concepts of justice and healing.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed November 19, 2015).
- Winner 2016 Social Justice Film Festival Bronze Jury Award, Feature Documentary
- OCLC:
- 934522863
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