Description 

Stations of the Cross: Nails

Includes both titled and untitled versions

Synopsis:
• A cross made of ordinary lumber is painted and finished.
• In a low-lit room, three ancient-looking rustic nails are hammered into the cross with a crude mallet.
• Further, many modern construction nails are hammered into the cross.
• In the final shots of the piece, different angles reveal the cross entirely covered with nails.
• Scripture text overlays (in titled version):
• Mark 15:25-26 - It was nine in the morning when they crucified him. The written notice of the charge against him read: THE KING OF THE JEWS.
• Mark 15:33 - At noon, darkness came over the whole land...
• Mark 15:34 - And at three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?”
• Luke 23:34 - "Father forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing."          

Conversation:

• The tone of this piece suggests that we are all implicated with the death of Jesus on the cross, and we have all taken up the mallet and grabbed a nail, so to speak. How is it that generation after generation, mankind is accountable to Jesus' work on the cross?
• Is it difficult to imagine the physical sufferings of Jesus?
• Is mankind good or evil? Does humanity need saving / a savior?
• Do you feel responsible for the death of Christ?
• Do you feel a personal connection with Christ's passion and death? Why / why not?
• What are the nails that you repeatedly pick up as you approach the cross?
• What does the text "Father forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing" mean? What does it say about the nature of the Christ?

Scripture References:

• Romans 3:23
• Romans 3:10-12
• Isaiah 59:1-2
• Isaiah 53:6
• Mark 15:21-40
• Luke 23:34

Runtime:	4:48
Genre:	Reflective