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The documentary (as shown on ABC-TV) tells riveting stories of persons who have faced anger and forgiveness in the face of violent or wrongful death, near-death from racial injustice, death of ancestors by genocide, and terminal illness.

Stories include: An Enemy Worse than Death-With the abduction and murder of their 13-year-old daughter, Wilma and Cliff Derksen begin the long path through grief toward forgiveness; Hospice Helps-Two families share how LifePath Hospice has helped them cope. Nathaniel, terminally ill, has to handle a deep family rift. The Ortiz family faces unresolved anger from their daughter's death by a drunken driver.; StoryKeepers: A Way to Heal-Susie Risho helps people heal from life's many griefs by telling their stories.; I'll Give You The Getting'-Watler Wangerin, Jr, Lutheran pastor and storyteller, shares the story of a couple facing cancer and how the wife dealth with her anger over her husband's illness.; Turning Hate Into Hope-The shooting of his brother by a white marshal, his own beating, and a bargain with God, led John Perkins to many years of work for social justice.; Forgive, But Remember-Lawerence Hart, a Cheyenne peace chief, tells the story of the Washita Massacre in Oklahoma in 1868 and a time of reconciliation 100 years later.; A Bigger Victim Than Myself-Bud Welch describes his journey from rage and temporary insanity to forgiveness after his 23-year-old daughter died in the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995.

Discussion questions included. Copyright 2001.