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Filmmaker Cecilia Aldarondo suspected that there was something ugly in her family's past. Memories of a Penitent Heart excavates a buried conflict around her uncle Miguel, who died at a time when AIDS was synonymous with sin. As she searches for Miguel's partner decades later, the film – both a love story and a tribute – offers a cautionary tale of how faith can be used and abused in times of crisis.
Watch it on PBS - POV.