In Bob We Trust

Having faithfully served his South Melbourne parish for nearly four decades, the cantankerous, controversial Catholic provocateur affectionately called Father Bob is forced into retirement and eviction from the church he called home in this documentary from filmmaker Maree Milburn (Autoluminescent: Rowland S Howard).

"[Father Bob] is well known and loved, as much for his incorrigible media savvy and battles with church hierarchy as for his staunch advocacy on behalf of the disadvantaged and disenfranchised... In Bob We Trust goes behind the scenes with Bob, documenting his everyday trials during one of the most turbulent times in his career...

"Milburn spent three years following Father Bob, capturing rare and unique footage to tell this David versus Goliath story from the inside. Disarming, emotional and endearing, the result is a significant document of a man "part Billy Connolly, part angry Old Testament prophet and part compassionate Mother Theresa", as the Father Bob Maguire Foundation describes their founder." (Melbourne International Film Festival)

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