This a powerful film. Not only does it enter the lives of four main characters, it is eminently clear that the filmmaker is not immune in the least from the issues that surround her key participants. One senses that, towards the end, the film, begun a decade earlier, finds itself on a sped-up treadmill. The years suddenly fly by. Death has intervened, as death will. There is hope here, but there is also the weight of the past imposing its crushing pressure. All in all, a portrait of humanity, well worth your time.