Soul Searching: The Journey of Thomas Merton

Synopsis

This documentary focuses on the journey of Merton, a bohemian who went from communism to Catholicism before finding his calling as a monk cloistered in eastern Kentucky for 27 years. It also covers his writing career which examined spirituality, the Cold War, the civil rights movement and being an individual in a post-modern world

Director

Morgan Atkinson

Written by

Morgan Atkinson

Music

Richard Sisto

Genres

Documentary, War