"God As My Witness makes clear that those who commit these atrocities cannot hide while giving a voice to the survivors, justice to the abused and a platform to be heard, the Winter Park film festival's director, Connor Nelson, said in a statement. Nelson's statement said both of the film's screenings at his festival in early September which is based in part on reporting by the Guardian and its New Orleans media partner WWL Louisiana sold out while leaving some audience members in tears."
"The 82-minute documentary was directed by New Orleans native Lindsay Quinn Pitre and produced by Michael Brandner Sr, who in 2018 discovered a pile of what were essentially love letters to his younger brother from a Roman Catholic priest now recognized by the New Orleans church as a credibly accused child molester. Brandner's brother, Scot, who was a teenager when he received the letters in question from Brian Highfill, never told anyone about them and died by suicide at age 29 in the early 1990s."
God As My Witness won best documentary at Colorado's Winter Park Film Festival and will screen in New Orleans. Both festival screenings sold out, left some audience members in tears, and Q&A sessions with filmmakers, cast and crew showed the necessity of conversation. The 82-minute film was directed by Lindsay Quinn Pitre and produced by Michael Brandner Sr, who in 2018 found letters from priest Brian Highfill to his brother Scot. Scot later died by suicide. Brandner presented the letters to Archbishop Gregory Aymond, who initially deemed them concerning but not explicit enough; Highfill was added to a credibly accused list in October 2020 after further reporting.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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