Glenn Holstein's portrait of Father Mychal Judge, the New York City Fire Department chaplain who died during the September 11, 2001, attack on the World Trade Center, is aptly titled. This impressively mounted, feature-length eulogy for the courageous Franciscan friar who devoted his life to bringing peace, solace and reconciliation to all in need makes a compelling argument for canonization, though given the nature of Father Mychal's sexuality, it may not be one the Vatican wants to hear. Told primarily through the first-hand reminiscences of people whose lives he touched, as well as the words of Father Mychal himself (some captured on tape, others read by Sir Ian M...
Released:
2006
Rated:
NR
Length:
91 mins