Independent Lens · SEASON 11
Scenes From a Parish
Episode 9 · 2009-12-29

- Documentary
Episode overview
A young, irreverent priest arrives at Saint Patrick Parish in Lawrence, Massachusetts, only to confront boiling ethnic tensions in a changing working-class community. Filmed over four years, the program follows 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.
60 minutes
Season 11 episodes
1. Our Disappeared2009-09-21
2. Butte, America2009-10-20
3. Journals of a Wily School2009-10-27
4. Power Paths2009-11-03
5. D Tour2009-11-10
6. No Subtitles Necessary: László and Vilmos2009-11-17
7. Objectified2009-11-24
8. Between the Folds2009-12-08
9. Scenes From a Parish2009-12-29
10. Young@Heart2010-01-12
11. Copyright Criminals2010-01-19
12. Herskovits at the Heart of Blackness2010-02-02
13. P-Star Rising2010-02-09
14. Mine / Home2010-02-16
15. Behind the Rainbow2010-02-23
16. The Eyes of Me2010-03-02
17. Lost Souls (Animas Perdidas)2010-03-23
18. Whatever It Takes2010-03-30
19. Unmistaken Child2010-04-07
20. Blessed Is the Match2010-04-13
21. Dirt! The Movie2010-04-20
22. Garbage Dreams2010-04-27
23. Sunshine
24. The Horse Boy2010-05-11
25. Project Kashmir2010-05-18
26. A Village Called Versailles2010-05-25
27. Our Disappeared2009-09-21