Many have asked, "What would Thomas Merton say?" Thomas Merton on the Race Problem in America (excerpt from "Day of a Stranger." While it's impossible to know, here is an excerpt from 53 years ago recorded by Thomas Merton in his hermitage. youtu.be/6kWctzDGCxA via YouTube

"Day of a Stranger" — a short film that explores a hidden side of Thomas Merton sbee.link/prbw69jt3n

Delighted to be screening dayofastranger ! Unexpectedly funny, beautifully conceived & edited. Watch virtually May 20-26; in Sedona May 22. Tickets here: illuminate2021.eventive.org/films/60593940… #contemplation #spirituality

Today, is the World Premiere of Day of A Stranger at Illuminate Film Festival in Sedona, Arizona: liturgy.co.nz/day-of-a-stran… This is a short film at Thomas Merton’s hermitage and using tape recordings he made there.

Day of a Stranger. On public release today. Perfect Sunday afternoon viewing. A film meditation on the hermit life of Thomas Merton from cassidy hall (she/her) and patrick shen. vimeo.com/ondemand/dayof…

IT'S HERE! My award-winning documentary, dayofastranger focusing on Thomas Merton's hermitage years is now available for purchase: vimeo.com/ondemand/dayof… For more info or to book a screening + Q&A with myself and/or producer patrick shen go to dayofastranger.com/watch/

In the Louisville area? Grab a seat at Speed Art Museum on Sunday July 18th at 1pm to view my doc about Thomas Merton's hermitage years, dayofastranger. More info: speedmuseum.org/cinema/sunday-…

Louisville people: Grab a seat this Sunday Speed Art Museum to view my film about Thomas Merton’s hermitage years, dayofastranger. Produced and edited by the brilliant patrick shen! #Louisville #ThomasMerton

cassidy hall (she/her) Speed Art Museum dayofastranger patrick shen This is a profound visual essay that perfectly captures the essence of Merton's vocation as a writer and a monk.

THIS TUESDAY (8/17), join us at The Capitol at 6:00 p.m. for a screening of Day of a Stranger followed by a Q&A with director Cassidy Hall! Get you FREE ticket today at warrenpl.org/tickets!

Thanks for hosting me & dayofastranger, Bowling Green, KY & Warren County Public Library ♥️

"We live in this world where people are consistently taught not to be content what they are and to be constantly yearning for something else." –Thomas Merton in dayofastranger

Book a screening of dayofastranger by filling out the form here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

"I know in my heart that I do not need to be defined, I do not need to define myself, and yet I have this allergy of definition." –Thomas Merton in dayofastranger

The Contemplating Now episode w/ @zenjuearthlyn is mentioned in Tricycle: The Buddhist Review ❤️ AND dayofastranger's forthcoming screening in Tricycle’s 2022 Short Film Festival! Humbled to be mentioned alongside Yo-Yo Ma, Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art, & Caroline Slaughter. tricycle.org/magazine/buddh…

Our film Day of a Stranger exploring Trappist monk Thomas Merton's hermit years is streaming this month as part of Tricycle: The Buddhist Review's Buddhist Shorts Film Festival (for subscribers only). tricycle.org/filmclub/days-… #thomasmerton

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Honored that my directorial debut film, dayofastranger, was selected to be a part of Tricycle: The Buddhist Review's Buddhist Shorts Film Festival 2022!

My film, "Day of a Stranger," about the hermitage years of Thomas Merton was selected to be in the Cinema St. Louis/SLIFF lineup next month!

"On the last day of January 1915, in the second year of the Great War, down in the shadow of some French mountains on the borders of Spain, I came into this world." –Thomas Merton January 31, 1915 – December 10, 1968 (Photos by cassidy hall (she/her) and patrick shen for dayofastranger)