"an unsparing and poetic meditation on grief, creation, and survival - fierce and original enough to challenge, invigorate and change the way we think about trauma and the human spirit." -Rebecca Godfrey, award-winning and best-selling author "Using courage and creativity, three men emerge from traumatic childhood struggles to artistic success." -Amy Chong, Santa Barbara Independent "Rated: 5 Stars - a testament to hope and the resilience of the human spirit. Highly Recommended." -Rebecca Howes, Independent Rising Magazine "will strengthen your hope in the survivability of the decent." -George Szanto, McGill University "educational and artistically satisfying" -Bill Rankin, Edmonton Journal "a story of hope - also about finding a way out of hell..." -Robert Alstead, Common Ground Magazine "a profoundly human, intelligent and touching work." -Joumane Chahine, AN-Nahar "sensitive, tranquil and beautiful cinematic encapsulation of imagery, rhythms, and sounds - an inspirational work!" -Malek Khouri, University of Calgary "a positive, life-affirming work!" -Alex Simon, City Lights Magazine "speaks powerfully of the transformational processes in the forging of character and of the resilience of the human spirit." -Larry Walker, University of British Columbia "There was not a pair of dry eyes in the audience - while we were moved to cry, we were also moved to elation..." -Tung Chan, CEO of S.U.C.C.E.S.S. "demonstrates that the human spirit can win out over oppression and transform darkness into light." -David S. Freeman, University of British Columbia "riveting and moving" -Claire Golomb, University of Massachusetts in Boston "discombobulating multicultural profundity" -Beth McArthur, Movies for Breakfast "remarkable intimacy and haunting images" -Darrell Varga, NSCAD University