Procession (2021)
Releasing at November 12, 2021 in theaters and November 19 on Netflix
Documentary
Procession is documentary film directed by Robert Greene. The film stars Joe Eldred, Mike Foreman, Ed Gavagan, Dan Laurine, Michael Sandridge and Tom Viviano. The film primiered at September 3, 2021 on Telluride Film Festival.
Six midwestern men — all survivors of childhood sexual assault at the hands of Catholic priests and clergy — come together to direct a drama therapy-inspired experiment designed to collectively work through their trauma. As part of a radically collaborative filmmaking process, they create fictional scenes based on memories, dreams and experiences, meant to explore the church rituals, culture and hierarchies that enabled silence around their abuse. In the face of a failed legal system, we watch these men reclaim the spaces that allowed their assault, revealing the possibility for catharsis and redemption through a new-found fraternity in this documentary feature.
►Director: Robert Greene
►Producers: Susan Bedusa, Bennett Elliott, Douglas Tirola
►Stars: Joe Eldred, Mike Foreman, Ed Gavagan, Dan Laurine, Michael Sandridge, Tom Viviano