What response does seeing human suffering demand of us? Filmmaker Julia Haslett seeks an answer in the controversial French philosopher and activist Simone Weil (1909-1943), whose life and work took on this question in a dramatic way. Adopting Weil as her guide through an engaging and profound moral landscape, Julia goes on a journey to understand Weil's loss of faith in revolutionary politics and the spiritual awakening that followed. Driving her obsession with Weil is the interwoven story of suffering within Haslett's own family, her father's suicide when she was 17 and now her older brother's severe depression. When Weil dies from self-starvation at the height of World War II, she is left wondering if death was the logical conclusion to Weil's philosophy and her attempt to share the pain of others?

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Weil, Simone, -- 1909-1943, Philosophers -- France -- Biography

Haslett, Julia (director), Haslett, Julia (producer), Haslett, Julia (writer), Torres Cordova, Thomas (director of Photography), Haslett, Julia (editor), Oppenheim, Jonathan (editor), Thomas Davis, Daniel (composer), Broukhim, Soraya (performer), Line Street Productions (Firm) (producer)

01:24:30 (HH:MM:SS)

English

adult/continuing education, higher education, college, general, educator

Name	Line Street Productions(Alex Engers)
Role	producer
Telephone	845-774-2945
Address	232 Third Street, Unit A200, Brooklyn, NY 11215
Email	[email protected]

2011-01-01

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