P.O.V. Beyond Hatred
This is the story of a family’s struggle to seek justice for their murdered son while trying to transcend hatred and desire for revenge. Sunday, July 5th at 8:30 p.m. on the UA Channel.
In September 2002, three skinheads were roaming a park in Rheims, France, looking to “do an Arab” when they settled for a gay man instead. Twenty-nine-year-old François Chenu fought back fiercely, but he was beaten unconscious and dumped in a river, where he drowned.
Parents Jean-Paul and Marie-Cecile Chenu
This acclaimed French vérité film is the story of the crime’s aftermath — above all, of the Chenu family’s brave and heartrending struggle to seek justice while trying to make sense of such pointless violence and unbearable loss. With remarkable dignity, they fight to transcend hatred and the inevitable desire for revenge.
