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  " Deliver Us from Evil" on DVD!

EDGE Boston [United States]
April 24, 2007

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Featured on over 40 top 10 lists including the Wall Street Journal (Joe Morgenstern), Newsweek (Dave Ansen), and the Los Angeles Times (Kevin Crust), Lionsgate will release to DVD the 2007 Academy AwardŽ nominee for Best Feature Documentary - Deliver Us From Evil. Winner of numerous awards including Best Documentary screenplay from the Writers Guild of America, Best Documentary from the Boston Society of Film Critics, Best Non-Fiction Film at the New York Film Critics Circle Awards and Best Documentary Feature at the IPA Satellite Awards and Los Angeles Film Festival, this critically-acclaimed documentary reveals the stunning history of sexual abuse perpetrated by a beloved catholic priest and the institution that protected him at the expense of its followers.

A riveting and compelling film, Deliver Us From Evil recounts the actions of Father Oliver O'Grady as he moves from one parish to another in Northern California, beginning in the 1970s, quickly winning the trust and respect of each community. Unbeknownst to them, O'Grady was a dangerously active pedophile who abused countless children under the protection of church hierarchy who were aware of his predilection. A profoundly disturbing chronicle of a wolf in sheep's clothing, the film builds a clear-eyed case against O'Grady and the Catholic bureaucracy that hid the truth.

First-time director Amy Berg expertly gives an unsettling look into O'Grady's life through an in-depth interview with him as well as recalling the tragic stories of his victims which are nothing short of heartbreaking. This unflinching glimpse at the deep corruption inside the Catholic church and the troubled mind of the man they sheltered illustrates that for some, there's no such thing as salvation.

Out on DVD May 8, 2007

 
 

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