Institute History
Description
Since being founded on the highest of ideals in 1895, the small town of Conception, Missouri has been hit by two physical tornadoes, and two human tornadoes (mass shootings). The house where Benny Kemper brutally murdered the Merrigan family has been torn down, but the memories cannot be erased. While Sue and Benny have grown into adults, their teenage selves remain trapped in the past, frozen in time. Now, that difficult past is resurfacing. Forgiveness is a hybrid documentary feature film that re-imagines this double-murder story as a ghost story.
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