The Healing of Harman
United States, 20 Minutes
Director: Seth Pinsker
From Academy Award-nominated director, Seth Pinsker comes a short film about hope, faith, and forgiveness. A Kurdish refugee working in the heartland of America (Lincoln, Nebraska) as an interpreter, meets a mysterious man that asks for help with life and death consequences. In today’s divisive and polarized climate, our goal with this film has been to entertain while also making a positive social impact by emotionally touching hearts and minds with what is ultimately a life-affirming message.
Synopsis:
“The Healing of Harman” is an emotional, heart-rending story about the power of forgiveness to heal that which is seemingly beyond healing.
Harman is a deeply troubled refugee struggling to forget his past and build a new life in the Heartland of America. When he encounters a mysterious fellow countryman who asks for his help, it may just turn out to be his worst nightmare with life and death consequences…
OR it may turn out to be the beginning of healing.
OR it may turn out to be the beginning of healing.
Revenge versus forgiveness…
Empathy versus blind intolerance…
Raw hatred versus a higher realization that sometimes our enemy may also be a victim as well.
Empathy versus blind intolerance…
Raw hatred versus a higher realization that sometimes our enemy may also be a victim as well.
Loosely based on real-world events…
