Hand of God

"Dopo Sex Crimes and Vatican, Hand of God.
Finalmente online anche in Italia, con i sottotitoli in italiano.
Grazie a Joe e a Paul Cultrera che hanno voluto scegliere Bispensiero per pubblicarlo online, concedendoci i diritti di distribuzione web.
Ci auguriamo che la rete supplisca ancora alla disinformazione italiana su questo tema.
Che il tam tam abbia inizio"

Anche se non lo è dà l'impressione di essere di parte.

Sarebbe interessante sapere che seguito ha avuto questo film. Sono l'unico a non averne mai sentito parlare prima in oltre due anni?

" il film narra la storia del fratello di Joe, Paul, chierichetto abusato per anni da un sacerdote e della reazione avuta dalla loro famiglia (di origine italiane). Quando, già adulto, decide di parlare dell’accaduto, si trova davanti Bernard Law,….che cerca dimettere tutto a tacere"

Sito dedicato al film,conversazioni con l'autore,riferimenti,chat

da qui qualche ulteriore informazione

Un documentario sulla pedofilia clericale. Dopo aver tentato inutilmente di distribuire questo film attraverso i canali tradizionali, il regista Paul Cultrera ha deciso di autorizzare i radicali a metterlo online per il pubblico italiano.


Il documentario Hand of God è andato in onda per la prima volta sul canale pubblico americano PBS il 16 gennaio 2007, ha partecipato a innumerevoli concorsi vincendo numerosi premi, ma in Italia i canali tradizionali si sono rifiutati di distribuirlo. Il documentario è stato presentato il 22 giugno 2007 dal Partito Radicale Transnazionale presso la Sala delle Colonne della Camera dei Deputati. Erano presenti gli autori Joe e Paul Cultrera.

Audience Award Best Feature Documentary
Ashland Independent Film Festival
Audience Award Best Documentaryry
Kansas International Film Festival
Best Feature Documentary
Tupelo Film Festival
Special Recognition Award
Boston International Film Festival
Best Documentary
SNOB Somewhat North of Boston


Ashland Independent Film Festival
Florida Film Festival
Cinequest Film Festival
Sedona International Film Festival
Boston International Film Festival
Big Sky Documentary Film Festival
Tupelo Film Festival
DocFest Atlanta
Calgary International Film Festival
Kansas International Film Festival
DocNZ: Int'l Doc Festival of New Zealand
Connecticut Film Festival
Vermont International Film Festival
Mount Shasta International Film Festival
St Louis International Film Festival
SNOB (Somewhat North of Boston) Film Fest
Santa Fe Film Festival
MassBay Film Festival



That rare thing when it comes to works on this theme -- a film informed by passion without histrionics, and a sober and moving family
saga.
Dorothy Rabinowitz, Wall St Journal

...quite possibly the most gripping and illuminating documentary ever made from the point of view of a sexual abuse victim...The film works not only as journalism but also as cinematic art..
Robert W. Butler, The Kansas City Star

“Hand of God" is both an affidavit against the Catholic archdiocese and a novena to the Cultrera son's elderly parents, who revered the church, but loved their children more.
Alessandra Stanley, New York Times

Cerebral...forceful, especially as an indictment of the Catholic Church protecting its own.
Dennis Harvey, Variety

Hand of God is like a symphony that builds through a leisurely first movement, quietly foreshadows a coming tempest, then unleashes itself. And when that tempest comes, it is a fine and glorious example of speaking truth to power. Hand of God is exceptional documentary work.
Michael Moore, The Missoulian

A provocative and powerful movie...Like a great detective story, Hand of God peels away layers of blind faith to reveal the truth.
The Orlando Sentinel

Joe Cultrera wages, in effect, a war of images...Those images function as somber revelations about the misuse of spiritual power.
Claudia Bayliss, South Bend Tribune

Poised and impassioned...manages to rise above an irrational and indignant damning of the Church.
Nina Maclaughlin, The Boston Phoenix

Hand of God needs to be seen, if only because Frontline approaches the subject with sensitivity and a refreshing lack of hysteria. Remarkably, the film manages to strike a nice balance between faith and anger; the result is both humane and hard to forget.
Alex Strachan, The Montreal Gazette

I applaud Joe Cultrera for having the balls to make this film.
Brian Hughes, Entertainment Insiders

The story unfolds with humble determination and healing humor, leading slowly but surely to a kind of proud acceptance that hits home with almost any right thinking person.
Marie Coady, Woburn Daily Times Chronicle

The chilling impact of Joe Cultrera's emotionally and physically draining polemic elevates it beyond a mere movie until it becomes...an experience for the audience to partake in...his film is the most moving documentary since "Grizzly Man."
John Thomason, Orlando Weekly

What's most remarkable is that this film manages to be probing but not maudlin, largely courtesy of the victim's refusal to be consumed by the effort of coping. Ultimately, the film is not about being a victim of sex abuse but about the blindness dogma inculcates in its adherents.
The Missoula Independent

The press has been quite taken with another church-abuse doc, "Deliver Us From Evil"...That is too bad, because "Hand of God" is superior in almost every way.
Grant Gallicho, Commonweal Magazine

A remarkably powerful and personal film
Kevin McDonough, Lawrence Kansas World