In the new PBS film Forgiveness: A Time to Love and a Time to Hate, acclaimed writer, producer and director Helen Whitney explores a compelling range of stories, from personal betrayel to global reconciliation after genocide. Film Length: 3 hours
Divided into two 90-minute acts, the film airs Sundays, April 17 and 24, 2011 at 10p.m. ET on PBS stations nationwide (check local listings).
Funding for Forgiveness, A Time to Love and a Time to Hate is provided by the Fetzer Institute and the John Templeton Foundation.
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The personal saga of author Terri Jentz who was savagely attacked while camping as a college student and her search for her attacker and justice.
Running time: 23:18
The story of 1960s anti-war activist Kathy Power and her surrender to authorities after decades on the run for the murder of a police officer killed in a foiled bank robbery.
Running time: 32:58
The story of Dan Glick and his former wife Liesbeth Gerritsen, a family that is torn apart by Liesbeth's decision to leave to start a new life thousands of miles away.
Running time: 17:43
The examination of the Rwandan genocide of 1994 through first-hand witness testimony.
Running time: 22:15
Two guides are available to assist in conversations about forgiveness. The Facilitator Guide is designed to provide information, suggestions, and tools for facilitating conversations about forgiveness in a community, organization, or school. To assist the facilitator, the guide provides three essays that explore forgiveness, suggested video clips (from the public television programs The Power of Forgiveness and Forgiveness: A Time to Love & A Time to Hate), accompanying questions, and ideas for activities. A Participant Handbook with essays and take-home exercises is also available.
"Forgiveness is elusive, mysterious, primal... an idea and an ache, which is rooted in existential concerns. But too often forgiveness is presented as a simplistic valentine celebrating New Age pieties: exhorting us to forgive and criticizing those who cannot as spiritual underachievers... my intention is to complicate this vitally important subject. The film is meant to raise questions, not provide answers." — Helen Whitney.
