Quest-The Truth Always Rises" is an important film about trauma, love, and resilience. I know the film maker of Quest, and I know how passionate he is to help people understand about Adverse Childhood Experiences and what can happen when one person believes in you. Santiago Rizzo tells a compelling story of his childhood that all should see. His passion is contagious, and his willingness to speak about trauma, the power of love, and the need for honesty is powerful. I suggest folks go and see this film, and then show it to your community. There are so many teachers who have kids in their classrooms who are hurting like Santiago was. Tim Moellering was unique. He was a kind, funny, and caring middle school teacher. He didn't judge the kids who were in trouble, but instead asked "What happened to them?" He understood that behavior has meaning. He was a true hero.
"Quest is a magnanimous love story highlighting our need for healing and empathy told from a 12 year old in crises on the street, addicted to tagging and losing faith in humanity. His home life is a mess with an abusive step-father (Lou Diamond Phillips - La Bamba) and a mom (Betsy Brandt - Breaking Bad) who doesn't believe him. On a path to expulsion, his coach and history teacher, Tim Moellering (Dash Mihok - Ray Donovan) from Berkeley, sees his recklessness as a cry for help. As much as Mills pulls away, he finds himself compelled to try to trust, just one more time."
Showing on Sunday August 4 2019 1:30 PM (86 Minutes)
About the director
“Any kind of art that comes from a place of truth, is valid. And I think these days art is being corrupted by politics and status and that is not good for humanity.” Santiago Rizzo was “Mills” in Quest. The lessons he learned from Tim Moellering – compassion, honesty, and unconditional love – helped propel him from a life on the street to emancipated minor, Student Body President of Berkeley High School, Stanford University, and on to Wall Street. He left finance to build a house with Tim before he died of pancreatic cancer in 2011. A house that was later sold to fund the creation of Quest. Tim never broke a promise to Santiago and Quest is “Based on Promises Never Broken…” Santiago and Tim wrote the first drafts of Quest together. For Santiago, making Quest is about passing on what Moellering gave him. “We all depend on one another. And we all share the same earth. None of us can hide from the truth that our children are inheriting and it’s time to come together to start healing.”
Rona Renner, RN
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