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  • 2021
  • R
  • Netflix
  • 1 h 58 m
  • 2021
  • R
  • Netflix
  • 1 h 58 m

Summary Six midwestern men — all survivors of childhood sexual assault at the hands of Catholic priests and clergy — come together to direct a drama therapy-inspired experiment designed to collectively work through their trauma. As part of a radically collaborative filmmaking process, they create fictional scenes based on memories, dreams and ex...

Directed By: Robert Greene

Written By: Chris Boeckmann

  • 2021
  • R
  • Netflix
  • 1 h 58 m
  • 2021
  • R
  • Netflix
  • 1 h 58 m
Procession
Metascore Universal acclaim Based on 13 Critic Reviews
90
User Score Generally favorable Based on 11 User Ratings
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Summary Six midwestern men — all survivors of childhood sexual assault at the hands of Catholic priests and clergy — come together to direct a drama therapy-inspired experiment designed to collectively work through their trauma. As part of a radically collaborative filmmaking process, they create fictional scenes based on memories, dreams and ex...

Directed By: Robert Greene

Written By: Chris Boeckmann

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100
Nov 19, 2021
In letting them retell those stories their way, and asking us to watch, Procession dares its audience to not look away. It calls us, in other words, to join the healing community, not just with vague aspirations but with our actual eyes. To play our roles as audience members and then take what we learn and bring it to others.
By Alissa Wilkinson FULL REVIEW
100
Nov 13, 2021
What could have been a disaster in the hands of a less sensitive film-maker ends up an extraordinary feat of care, collaboration and creativity.
By Simran Hans FULL REVIEW
91
Nov 11, 2021
Greene, whose earliest documentaries were rooted in the cinéma vérité tradition and its portraits of ordinary American lives, has crafted a poignant group portrait with something to say about the crossed wires of pain and memory.
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky FULL REVIEW
90
Nov 22, 2021
It’s a harrowing documentary, to be sure, but also healing in a way that doesn’t go for easy emotional button-pushing, or play down the white-knuckle struggle they endure while processing all of it.
By David Fear FULL REVIEW
87
Nov 9, 2021
Procession feels like the surest execution of Greene’s voice.
By Dom Sinacola FULL REVIEW
80
Nov 18, 2021
To judge Greene’s experiment, not least because of its visible salutary effects, feels like intruding on private breakthroughs. But the discomfiting power of Procession comes from its ability to show and, to all appearances, facilitate them.
By Ben Kenigsberg FULL REVIEW
75
Sep 18, 2021
Robert Greene’s gaze is an attempt to accord his subjects the dignity of attention, utilizing cinema as a form of emotional due process.
By Chuck Bowen FULL REVIEW

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Production Company 4th Row Films, Artemis Rising Foundation, Concordia Studio, Impact Partners
Release Date Nov 19, 2021
Duration 1 h 58 m
Rating R
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Website https://www.netflix.com/title/81513706/
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Awards

Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
Heartland International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Camden International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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