The film "Spotlight' is a film that critics and audiences agree on. A great story about a tragic event in the nation's history. Liev Shreiber, Michael Keaton and Mark Ruffalo give standout performances which will likely be honored in many festivals.
We at the DIY Film Festival would like to point out that last year's "Best New Director" Gary Bergeron also made a powerful film about the same topic. The film is called "Basta" which is Italian for "enough!" as in "Enough already!" What makes Gary's story so powerful is that he lived through the scandal. And it was the inactivity of the justice system that inspired him to make this film, to make this journey to the Vatican to ask the then Pope why nothing had been done.
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| Gary Bergeron, Award Winning DIY Filmmaker |
Here's the trailer for his powerful award winning film:
We at the DIY Film Festival applaud Gary for making such a powerful documentary, and hope that his success continues into the future. And anyone who was moved by the film "Spotlight" should look into the real story, and what really happened.
Boston Massachusetts (PRWEB)
March 20, 2015
Attempting to
battle the cover-up, shame and silence of clergy sexual abuse, three
survivors from Boston, Massachusetts travel to Rome reaching behind the
secret walls of The Vatican. Their week long effort becomes a decade
long mission that exposes mind blowing statistics and unexpected global
response.
BASTA - No Pity - No Shame - No Silence is a
film documenting the emotional journey taken by simple men detailing
their attempts to reach behind and beyond the Vatican walls in search of
help, hope & aid in healing a nation reeling from the effects of
the clergy abuse crisis. A decade after starting on a personal journey
for justice, one man finds that success isn’t always defined by
achieving his goal, sometimes it’s defined by the attempt itself. And
sometimes, in that attempt, you also find out who you are.
The unlikely film producer of BASTA is Gary
Bergeron, 52, a carpenter by trade, who lives in the greater Boston
area. Gary and his brother came forward to their parents in 2002 about
their abuse at the hands of a Boston priest. Gary consequently
discovered his 77 year old father had also been abused by his priest.
“Finding out that two generations of my family had lived with this
painful secret was a pivotal moment. I realized that not only was I a
victim of clergy sexual abuse, I was also the brother of a clergy abuse
victim and the son of a clergy abuse victim. I decided to do whatever
was necessary to make sure that I would never be the father of a clergy
abuse victim. Regardless of the consequences, the Vatican was the next
step,” said Bergeron who was recently awarded “Best New Director” for
his work on BASTA by the DIY Film Festival in 2015.
According to Bergeron, BASTA’S live footage
was not planned but made possible as the result of a news editor’s
request to send a cameraman along on their trip to The Vatican. The raw
footage was never used by the editor and was literally stuffed in a
closet for over 10 years. Two years ago the editor offered it to
Bergeron as a gift. When the package arrived, he decided that it was
time to share his story and started editing, hoping the film would be a
vehicle for survivors to be heard. Bergeron expressed that he sees the
film festivals selection of BASTA as a realization of that hope. “The
goal of BASTA was, and always will be, to raise public awareness,
provoke action and promote healing for survivors. Above all, survivors
should never give up, never lose Hope.”
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