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Independent Lens “Scenes from a Parish”

Independent Lens “Scenes from a Parish”

Credit: Courtesy of James Rutenbeck/ITVS

James Rutenbeck

Newton, Massachusetts

When a young, irreverent priest arrives at St. Patrick Parish in Lawrence, Massachusetts, he discovers boiling ethnic tensions in a changing working-class community. This film will follow the wildly diverse personal stories of Fr. Paul O’Brien and his unruly flock over the course of four years as they struggle to hold onto faith in the face of desperate circumstances.