On the Road with Thomas Merton
"In May 1968, Christian mystic Thomas Merton undertook a pilgrimage to the
American West. Fifty years later, filmmaker Jeremy Seifert and writer Fred
Bahnson set out to follow Mertons path, retracing the monks journey across the
landscape. Amid stunning backdrops of ocean, redwood, and canyon, the film
features the faces and voices of people Merton encountered.
The essay offers a more intimate meditation on Mertons life and the relevance of the spiritual journey today."