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Merton: A Film Biography( 1984)

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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)

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      Gregory Abels

      Thomas Merton (voice)

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      John Barber

      Self

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      Jim Forest

      Self - Int. Fellowship of Reconciliation

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      Robert Lax

      Self

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      John Eudes Bamberger

      Self - Scholastic under Merton

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      Flavian Burns

      Self - Scholastic under Merton

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      Robert Giroux

      Self - Publisher

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      Naomi Burton Stone

      Self

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      James Laughlin

      Self - Publisher, New Directions

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      Jean Jadot

      Self - Vatican Secretariat for Non-Christians

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      Ernesto Cardenal

      Self - Nicaraguan Minister of Culture; Novice under Merton

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      Lawrence Ferlinghetti

      Self - Poet

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      W. H. Ferry

      Self

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      Mary Luke Tobin

      Self

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      Joan Baez

      Self

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      Maurice Flood

      Self - Monk of Gethsemani

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      Thích Nhất Hạnh

      Self - Buddhist Monk

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      Rembert Weakland

      Self - Benedictine Monk

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      Jean Leclercq

      Self - Benedictine Monk

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      Tenzin Gyatso

      Self - The Dalai Lama

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    English

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    Keywords

    • hermit
    • monk
    • mystic
    • poet
    • anti-nuclear activist
    • writer
    • catholic
    • radical
    • pacifist
    • radical politics
    • modern prophets
    • controversial artist
    • mysticism
    • spiritual teachers
    • monasticism