This is one of the most important documentaries I've ever seen. To be honest, there are moments that are difficult to watch as it demands that you engage with the story - the brokenness of humanity and what it means to look it in the face. It's not a film you watch and forget about. It powerfully tells of one of the most wicked hate crimes in recent American history - the murder of nine African Americans by a white supremacist during a Bible study. While it dives into the historical and systematic issues at play, the film doesn't dwell on the details of the evil of that night too much. As it begins driving home it's purpose, you hear story after story directly from the victims' families about the forgiveness that this evil was met with in the midst of their grief. It's a powerful display of a costly and difficult forgiveness and the ways that it can drive out fear and produce hope. It's stories like these that remind us that evil doesn't have to have the final say.
A must watch!!
A must watch!!