Christmas Day, 1923, was the birthday of René Girard. It is fitting, then—and I am extremely excited to share the news—that a new film on the life and legacy of Girard, directed by Sam Sorich, will be released this Christmas Day.
If you are interested in seeing it, I encourage you to visit thingshidden.movie and enter your email to have the film delivered to your inbox on December 25. After you’ve had a chance to watch it, please like, subscribe, and comment on the Youtube page, which will help get the film out to more people.
Here is a synopsis:
A timely new documentary about René Girard, the thinker who coined “mimetic desire.” Offering a deeply personal portrait of Girard the man and a sweeping narrative of his unfolding thought, Things Hidden: The Life and Legacy of René Girard explores the French polymath’s passion for intellectual discovery, his midlife religious conversion, and his quest to uncover the violent origins of human culture. The film includes exclusive interviews with Girard, previously unknown archival material, and revelations from his family, friends, and colleagues, taking the viewer deep into the life and career of one of the most inspiring and provocative thinkers of our era.
I know that Sam and his team were hard at work on this film before I had even conceived the idea for a book on Girard…so this project has been a very long-time in the making. The care, diligence, and effort that went into it is apparent when you watch it. It will be exciting to see how this film brings Girard’s ideas to even more people.
I hope you enjoy it!
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