Procession (2021)
86%RT Audience Score: 74%
Awards & Nominations: 3 wins & 23 nominations
Harrowing yet essential viewing, Procession probes the lasting legacy of trauma with heart-wrenching grace.
Procession” is a documentary that will make you feel all the feels. It’s not an easy watch, but it’s worth it. The film follows six abuse survivors as they process their pain through art. Watching them create their short films is inspiring, but it’s the moments in between that really hit home. You see the sense of community that binds them together and the hope that they have for a better future. It’s a powerful reminder that healing is possible, even in the darkest of times. Plus, the film has David Lynch’s seal of approval, so you know it’s good.
Production Company(ies)
Ciné-tamaris Social Animals Rouge International,
Distributor
NA
Release Type
Streaming, Streaming (Netflix), Theatrical, Theatrical (Limited)
Filming Location(s)
MPAA / Certificate
Rated R for language
Year of Release
2021
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Dolby Digital
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Aspect ratio:2.39 : 1
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Runtime:NA
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Language(s):
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Streaming): Nov 19, 2021
Genre(s)
Documentary
Keyword(s)
documentary, survivors, sexual abuse, Catholic priests, justice, fictional scenes, rituals of power, trauma, Robert Greene, Susan Bedusa, Bennett Elliott, Douglas Tirola, R, Dolby Digital, Scope, Joe Eldred, Mike Foreman, Ed Gavagan, Dan Laurine, Monica Phinney, Ryan Trobough, Guy Lodge, John Anderson, David Fear, Alissa Wilkinson, Robert Abele, Ben Kenigsberg, Tom O’Brien, Phil Guie, David Lynch, Filipe Freitas, Jennie Kermode, George Elkind, reviewed by critics, Fresh Kernels, box office performance, budget, MPAA rating, producer names, writer names, director names, starring actors
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Mike Foreman – Self
Ed Gavagan – Self
Dan Laurine – Self
Monica Phinney – Self
Ryan Trobough – Self
Susan Bedusa – Producer
Bennett Elliott – Producer
Douglas Tirola – Producer
Robert Greene – Director
Director(s)
Robert Greene
Writer(s)
NA
Producer(s)
Susan Bedusa, Bennett Elliott, Douglas Tirola
Film Festivals
Telluride
Awards & Nominations
3 wins & 23 nominations
Academy Awards
All Critics (46) | Top Critics (18) | Fresh (45) | Rotten (1)
Robert Greene’s signature mode of performance-based documentary finds potent purpose in this shattering study of six abuse survivors processing their pain through art.
February 8, 2022
Guy Lodge
Variety
TOP CRITIC
Procession is a film that makes you think. It certainly doesn’t make you comfortable.
November 24, 2021
John Anderson
America Magazine
TOP CRITIC
These guys are the ones who step willingly into the worst moments of their lives, jumping into an abyss with the faith that there may be something healing on the other side. Name something that’s more heroic than that.
November 22, 2021
David Fear
Rolling Stone
TOP CRITIC
None of this is very easy. But if evil only dissipates when light hits it, then the first step is letting light in.
November 20, 2021
Alissa Wilkinson
Vox
TOP CRITIC
Observational documentaries are by nature intrusive, but “Procession,” miraculously, never feels that way – you sense humane engagement, not imposition.
November 19, 2021
Robert Abele
Los Angeles Times
TOP CRITIC
“Procession” is exceptionally difficult to watch, as it should be.
November 18, 2021
Ben Kenigsberg
New York Times
TOP CRITIC
Look closer, and you’ll begin to see that this film is really about something just as profound but somehow very different: the power of art to heal.
June 16, 2022 | Rating: 8/10
Tom O’Brien
Next Best Picture
By the mid-section, the narrative starts to follow a pattern of prep scenes, filming, emotional catharsis, and then repeat. Yet Procession never becomes monotonous because each mans journey has its own twists and turns.
April 17, 2022 | Rating: 4.5/5
Phil Guie
Film-Forward.com
“Watching the short films they create may give ‘Procession’ its momentum, but its richness is derived in the moments between takes, in the sense of community that comes to bind them as they will themselves and each other forward.”
February 21, 2022
David Lynch
KENS 5 TV
Greene’s documentary might have done a nice job in helping these traumatized men, but the film itself flows heavily…
January 31, 2022 | Rating: 3/5
Filipe Freitas
Always Good Movies
Procession gives outsiders an intimate view of the damage done by abuse. It gives survivors a chance to see that there is hope: that the pain and the panic and other debilitating symptoms can recede, and there can be a life afterwards.
January 27, 2022 | Rating: 4.5/5
Jennie Kermode
Eye for Film
This repetitious narrative rhythm of recounting, conceptualization, and production lends the film a crucial ability to revisit moments, memories, and scenes teased out in different ways…
January 22, 2022
George Elkind
Cincinnati CityBeat…
Plot
In “Procession,” survivors of sexual abuse by Catholic priests come together to create fictional scenes depicting the rituals of power in the church, as they battle for justice and healing.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
There is no goofy or funny or odd comment about the film on Fresh Kernels.
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