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Hollywood’s
Rebels and Justice Seekers Judy Arzt, Ph.D.,
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Awards: Academy Award Susan Saradon for Best
Actress Chlotrudis Awards Susan Saradon for Best Actress Sean Penn for Best Actor Tim Robbins for Best Director Humanitas Prize Feature Film Category Tim Robbins Independent Spirit
Award Best Male Lead Screen Actors Guild Susan Saradon for
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
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About the Actors
About the Author Fellowship for Reconciliation interview Open Democracy audio interview Learn about Sister Helen’s Second Book The Death of Innocents Salon.com article on the author Choose Life article by the author in Yes magazine Marquette University blog calls Prejean’s new book bogus
About the Book Index of Reviews Reviews of the Film Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times James Berardinelli's ReelViews San Francisco Chronicle [Edward Guthmann] San Francisco Examiner [Barbara Shulgasser] About the Film Background Story Dead Man Walking , written by Sister
Helen Prejean, a Roman Catholic nun of the Susters of Saint Joseph Of
Medaille. Sr. Helen began her fight
against the death penalty accidentally by starting a correspondence in 1981
with a convicted murderer, Patrick Sonnier,
sentenced to death by electrocution. She visited him in prison in New Orleans, Louisana. Over
time, she came to be his spiritual adviser.
In the process of working with Sonnier, she gained insights into the
death penalty and became an outspoken critic of it. As for the victims, Sister Helen founded
Survive, a counselling support group for victims’ families. Reviews of the Book About the Play Play Project Participants (School Theater
Project) |
Sean Penn as Matthew
Poncelet Director Tim Robbins
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