Many people have overcome that home situation simply by having at least one caring adult, whether a teacher, mentor or religious leader.

Many people have overcome that home situation simply by having at least one caring adult, whether a teacher, mentor or religious leader.

In documentary films, being able to be a storytelling and embrace film as an art form - while being very clearly connected in trying to help make the world a better place - is really important to me.

It's also important that I, or [Producer] Karen Pritzker, also say that this film [ "Resilience: The Biology of Stress & the Science of Hope"] is not going to singlehandedly solve crime and poverty, or make big changes.

What my previous film 'Paper Tigers' have proven, is that it can point toward helpful tools for change.

I'm in full support of that technique [meditation] , and what David Lynch is doing. It's very important.

Resilience is not just a complimentary individual quality, but something that is built. And you build it through a number of things in your life, part of it being social fabric.