Scenes from a Parish
Director James Rutenbeck
Countries
Duration 85 min
Synopsis
When a young, irreverent priest arrives at Saint Patrick Parish in a hard-pressed American city, he discovers the unexpected—boiling ethnic tensions in a changing working-class community. Filmed over four years, Scenes from a Parish tells the wildly diverse personal stories of Father Paul O’Brien and his unruly flock, as they struggle to hold onto faith in the face of desperate circumstances.
When a young, irreverent priest arrives at Saint Patrick Parish in a hard-pressed American city, he discovers the unexpected—boiling ethnic tensions in a changing working-class community. Filmed over four years, Scenes from a Parish tells the wildly diverse personal stories of Father Paul O’Brien and his unruly flock, as they struggle to hold onto faith in the face of desperate circumstances.