There seems to be no purpose in it except to prove we can do it- Reverand Doctor Jeff Hood
This is the story of Reverend Doctor Jeff Hood who acts as the spiritual advisor to men on death row. We watch him over the last few days before an execution in Oklahoma.
What is the cost of executing man on death row? Very often we are not just executing one man but we are also effecting the lives of the prisoners family. What is justice? Should we be executing a man who is debilitated and can't move himself? What is the cost of trying to do the Christian thing and minister to the condemned man?
A quiet face punch of a film this is one that is going to sit with you long after you see it. I say that because there is a moment towards the end when Hood the loquacious kind of breaks and goes silent. It is in that moment breaks our heart. In that moment the weight of eveything the film wants us to consider drops from above.
I can't say more than that.
This is one of the best films at DOC NYC.
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