I was very happy to see that they gave Bishop Williamson credit and to hear him spoken fondly of. That was nice.
I did not get any fondness for Bishop Wiliamson from this film. The presence and contribution of Msgr. Wlliamson to the North American seminary is presented in an abbreviated and incomplete way. So too were the rôles and importance of Bishops Sanborn and Ward presented incompletely.
I am pleased that Msgr. Hodgson was mentioned, but why no mention of Fr. Coomaraswamy?
A big deal was made in the film of the move from Winona to Dillwyn. Why was not the travails of thr move from Ridgefield to Winona given equal attention? I worked on the Winona seminary during the summer of 1988, before the start of the new term in September. There was so much work to do, and the poor guys who were doing the long exercises there in August had to endure a quite many privations until many essential things -- like the boiler, the kitchen, painted rooms and hallways, cleaned and waxed floors, and fully functioning lavatories on every floor could be had. Brs. Gerard, Joseph, Hillary, and Benedict put in grueling days of hard labour to get the building ready for the academic year. Additionally there was the whole crew of us laymen doing our part. All of that is left in silence in the film.
I found this docuмentary to be in fact a propaganda piece promoting the new seminary building in Virginia. It is certainly not a full, docuмentary history of STAS -- it is FAR from being a true docuмentary. Propaganda is the only appropriate word.