You're reading: New York Times: Film ‘Almost holy’ demonstrates a pastor’s tough love for street kids in Ukraine

A good example of how a charismatic figure doesn't automatically generate a deep or compelling documentary, "Almost Holy" follows the efforts of Gennadiy Mokhnenko, a pastor in Ukraine. He snatches homeless children off the streets - many are addicts - and takes them to Pilgrim Republic, the rehabilitation center he founded in the city of Mariupol.

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