resilient is a feature length documentary film conceived of and inspired by Mariane Pearl and directed by Academy Award nominated directors Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine. The film will profile four women who, in the face of brutality and injustice, are creating hope in their communities and in the world.
In a profoundly personal and far-reaching journey, the audience of this film will walk the path of resilience on a progressive voyage through four women's lives. After experiencing the pain and disorienting shock of a woman who has just suffered a life-altering trauma, the stories that follow exemplify the next steps to becoming a resilient person. Each woman's story passes the torch, culminating in a final chapter about a woman whose courage and transformation has not only changed her own life, but also the lives of those around her.
resilient is a far cry from just another profile documentary. The film combines the personal, urgent realities of the lives of women who have experienced hardship with their extraordinary strength, hopefulness and resiilence. Tragedy is juxtaposed with poignancy and even humor, the sum of which delivers the viewer a powerfully unique perspective: the gripping immediacy of the moment as well as insight only earned with the distance of time. It is a film that will make one feel, think, and connect. resilient represents a search for signs of hope, not in grand political movements or news summaries, but in individual, personal stories and in the abilities of singular people to make a difference against the odds.
"The world can be rife with heartbreak and injustice, but can an individual face this injustice head on and create something hopeful, strong and sometimes beautiful? I knew all too well the one thing that would defeat me, and by extension my husband and son; it was helplessness. I knew what true revenge meant: if those who killed my husband were determined to show the gruesome side of the human condition, I was set to display its integrity, its beauty and resilience." - Mariane Pearl