Hollywood on Lexington Avenue
June 24th, 2009 by Br. Peter Totleben, OP
A crowd of over 400 gathered Tuesday night at the Church of St. Vincent Ferrer for a special pre-screening of “The Human Experience.” Preceeded by a holy hour led by the Frassati Fellowship and the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal, the pre-screening attracted a wide variety of viewers: regular parishioners, youth groups from Long Island, young professionals from around the city, priests and religious, and even a few Hollywood producers. The film clearly struck a chord with the audience, as was evident by the sustained applause and interesting Q & A afterwards.
Produced by Grassroots Films, “The Human Experience” follows two brothers around the world as they seek to experience human life through the lives of those less fortunate: the homeless in New York City, crippled orphans in Peru, and lepers in Ghana. What they learn is that despite the variations of culture, class, and health among peoples, one thing unites the experience of all human beings: the desire for love, even for what some Dominicans have called “the love that never ends.” Combined with commentary from various scientists and scholars, the brothers’ testimony identifies love as the foundation of human experience—love at its fullest, love in suffering, love in the truth, love that transcends human limitation and reveals man’s higher and other worldly hopes.
Click here for the film’s homepage and trailer. See it if you can, and pray that this pro-life, pro-family, pro-faith film may soon find a distributor.
