DATE: Thursday, November 20th
TIME: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
LOCATION: Emory University - Rita Anne Rollins Building Room 102
PRICE: FREE!
In partnership with the Center for Ethics in the Arts at Emory University, the Atlanta Film Society presents a free screening of PROCESSION, featuring a Q&A with Robert Greene. This screening is a part of Emory University's ongoing Ethics At The Movies series.
This event is free and open to the public; ticket reservation is required.
Film Synopsis
Six midwestern men — all survivors of childhood sexual assault at the hands of Catholic priests and clergy — come together to direct a drama therapy-inspired experiment designed to collectively work through their trauma. As part of a radically collaborative filmmaking process, they create fictional scenes based on memories, dreams, and experiences, meant to explore the church rituals, culture, and hierarchies that enabled silence around their abuse. In the face of a failed legal system, we watch these men reclaim the spaces that allowed their assault, revealing the possibility for catharsis and redemption through a newfound fraternity.
ETHICS AT THE MOVIES
Ethics at the Movies is a documentary screening series presented by the Center for Ethics at Emory University, featuring in-person post-film conversations with members of creative teams. Ethics at the Movies has screened over 40 films and hosted such distinguished guest artists as Peabody Award-winning filmmaker Judith Helfand; photographer and filmmaker Ansley West; Regina Kelly, the inspiration behind the film American Violet; and Foreign Press Association Journalist of the Year Award and Peabody Award winner Saeed Kamali Dehghan, among others.
Parking
The most convenient parking is located in the Peavine Visitors Lot, 29 Eagle Row, Atlanta, 30322.
For more parking information, please visit the Emory University Transportation and Parking site.
About the Panelists
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Robert’s film PROCESSION (Telluride 2021), is distributed by Netflix, was nominated for an Emmy, an Independent Spirit Award, a Peabody and was shortlisted for the Academy Award for Best Documentary. Most recently, he produced and edited both PAVEMENTS (Venice 2024, NYFF 2024) and THE FEATHERWEIGHT (Venice 2023). Robert’s film BISBEE ’17 (2018) premiered at Sundance, aired on PBS’s P.O.V. and was nominated for Best Documentary at the Gotham Awards. Other films include the Sundance award winning KATE PLAYS CHRISTINE (2016), the Gotham Awards nominated ACTRESS (2014) and the Gotham Awards nominated KATI WITH AN I (2010).
Robert was an inaugural Sundance Art of Nonfiction fellow in 2015. He has edited nearly twenty feature films, including HER SMELL (2018), GOLDEN EXITS (2017), QUEEN OF EARTH (2015) and LISTEN UP PHILIP (2014) by Alex Ross Perry, Nick Berardini’s KILLING THEM SAFELY (2015), Amanda Rose Wilder’s award winning APPROACHING THE ELEPHANT (2014) and Charles Poekel’s Spirit Awards-nominated CHRISTMAS, AGAIN (2015). Robert has served as a Sundance Edit Lab Advisor and was on the U.S. Documentary Jury for Sundance 2017. He co-created the Murray Center for Documentary Journalism, where he currently serves as Filmmaker-in-chief. Robert writes about documentary for outlets such as Sight & Sound and Hyperallergic and he co-programs the Based on a True Story Conference, which runs annually in conjunction with True/False. -
Director of Ethics & the Arts at Emory Center for Ethics. Full bio coming soon.
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Daniel Christian is a filmmaker, programmer, and writer in Atlanta, Georgia. His feature documentary POSSUM TOWN premiered at the 2025 New/Next Film Festival. He has programmed documentary features at the Atlanta Film Festival since 2021 and co-curated the 2025 Ethics at the Movies screening series, a partnership between the Emory Center for Ethics and the Atlanta Film Society. He is a senior writer for Emory's content and brand story team, covering campus and community engagement.