I Forgive You (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780369104984)

Vendor: Scott Jones
Product type: Books
Format: Paperback
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I Forgive You

$18.95

I Forgive You

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Format: Paperback
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In October 2013, Scott Jones was leaving a bar in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, when he was attacked, stabbed in the back, and left paralyzed from the waist down. In the months following his attack, Scott Jones's story garnered international attention, not only for its brutality, but also for his uncommonly early decision to forgive his attacker. Furiously researching restorative justice practices and success stories, Jones sits down to ask himself the hardest question he's ever had to answer: Does he have it in him to not just forgive his attacker, but to accept his new life as a disabled man?

Based on the incredible true story, I Forgive You explores the complexities of forgiveness, privilege, recovery, and self-love in Scott's own words backed by a live children's choir performing the music of legendary Icelandic band Sigur Rós.



Author: Scott Jones, Robert Chafe
ISBN-10: 0369104986
ISBN-13: 9780369104984
Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press
Language: English
Published: 09/24/2024
Pages: 96
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 7.60h x 5.10w x 0.40d
By Scott Jones
By Scott Jones
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Scott Jones is a filmmaker, playwright, and music educator from Mi'kma'ki (Nova Scotia). Scott worked with the National Film Board of Canada to create the award-winning documentary Love, Scott (HotDocs, 2018), and in 2022 Scott wrote and directed his first short film, Coin Slot (VIFF, 2022; Best Short Film, AIFF, 2022). Both films are available online via the NFB website, Amazon, and CBC Gem. Scott has also worked extensively as a music educator, having conducted the Nova Scotia Youth Choir (resident conductor), VOX: A Choir for Social Change (NS), the Pictou District Honour Choir (NS), and Vox Populi (ON). He has guest conducted the Amadeus Choir (ON), Shallaway Youth Choir (NL), Lady Cove Women's Choir (NL), Mount Allison Choral Society (NB), and Singing Out (ON). Scott has received numerous accolades for his artistic and activist work, including a YMCA Peace Medal, a Nova Scotia Human Rights Award, and a Mount Allison Alumni Award (Contemporary Achievement).

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