“So I suddenly looked at my old aunts and my old uncles and thought ‘wow, they’ve lived lives of passion, and they’ve made mistakes, and they have regrets, and they’ve had a life.”
Director of “The Stone Angel”
KARI SKOGLAND
Feisty firecracker Hagar Shipley has lived an unconventional life. Her passionate heart has always ruled her head and her choices have put her at odds with family and friends. Faced with the prospect of being placed in a nursing home, and desperate to find solace, Hagar sets out on a journey with the hopes of reconciling herself to her turbulent past. Through her reflections we come to know a passionate and rebellious young bride, her love for her two sons, the freedoms she claimed, and the joys she denied herself. In both the past and the present, she is forced to come to terms with the pain and pleasure, the disappointments and the exhilarations of her life.
“ We all know love makes you laugh, cry and it can bring you to your knees but at the end of the road, if you can recognize that it is pure and unconditional – you’ve triumphed – but sometimes it takes your whole life to get it right. “The Stone Angel” is based on a beloved and best selling book by Margaret Laurence – taught all over the world. I read it as a teen in school, and it rocked my world - I gained a perspective on what it is to be looking back on your life – Perhaps it was a cautionary tale! Anyway, I was hooked. This is ultimately a story about destructive, passionate, frightened, and enduring love. ” Kari Skogland
“The Stone Angel” is a bittersweet tale of love and hate, joy and pain, lust and loss.