Merton: A Film Biography

"In his lifetime, Thomas Merton was hailed as a prophet and censured for his outspoken social criticism. For nearly 27 hears he was a monk of the austere Trappist order, where he became an eloquent spiritual writer and mystic as well as an anti-war advocate and witness to peace. This program provides the first comprehensive look at this remarkable 20th century religious philosopher who wrote, in addition to his immensely popular autobiography The Seven Storey Mountain, over 60 books on some of the most pressing social issues of our time, some of which are excerpted here."