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Merton: A Film Biography
(1984)Documentary
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0hrs 57m
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In his lifetime, Thomas Merton was hailed as a prophet and censured for his outspoken social criticism. For nearly 27 years he was a monk of the austere Trappist order, where he became an eloquent spiritual writer and mystic as well as an anti-war advocate and witness to peace. Merton: A Film Biography provides the first comprehensive look at this remarkable 20th century religious philosopher who wrote, in addition to his immensely popular autobiography The Seven Storey Mountain, over 60 books on some of the most pressing social issues of our time, some of which are excerpted here. Merton offers an engaging profile of a man whose presence in the world touched millions of people and whose words and thoughts continue to have a profound impact and relevance today.
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Alexander Scourby
** Narrator (voice)
Gregory Abels
** Thomas Merton (voice)
John Barber
** Self
Jim Forest
** Self - Int. Fellowship of Reconciliation
Robert Lax
** Self
John Eudes Bamberger
** Self - Scholastic under Merton
Flavian Burns
** Self - Scholastic under Merton
Robert Giroux
** Self - Publisher
Naomi Burton Stone
** Self
James Laughlin
** Self - Publisher, New Directions
Jean Jadot
** Self - Vatican Secretariat for Non-Christians
Ernesto Cardenal
** Self - Nicaraguan Minister of Culture; Novice under Merton
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
** Self - Poet
W. H. Ferry
** Self
Mary Luke Tobin
** Self
Joan Baez
** Self
Maurice Flood
** Self - Monk of Gethsemani
Thích Nhất Hạnh
** Self - Buddhist Monk
Rembert Weakland
** Self - Benedictine Monk
Jean Leclercq
** Self - Benedictine Monk
Tenzin Gyatso
** Self - The Dalai Lama
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