"Scared Sacred: Unwrap the Darkness. Reveal the Light" is one of those rare personal journey documentaries that spiritually awakens the viewer.

We compare it to our bestelling premium, "Orwell Rolls," which sold more than 3,000 copies on BuzzFlash.com.

"Orwell Rolls" was a compelling personal exploration by Robert Pappas into the hijacking of news and information by media conglomerates.

The uniquely named Canadian filmmaker, Velcrow Ripper, takes a different path than Pappas, as he spends a five-year pilgrimage to many of the sites of human disaster in recent history: Bhopal, Cambodia, Israel-Palestine, Afghanistan, Bosnia, Post 9-11 New York, and Hiroshima.

Far from being a downbeat film, the director seeks to find compelling signs of human hope and endurance amidst loss and despair. In this effort, he provides moving evidence and testimony of the human ability to fight back and survive in even the most horrible of circumstances.

To our surprise, "Scared Sacred" is not filled with horrifying images. Rather it offers a cinematic landscape of powerful interviews and visual footage that touches the soul.

Ripper weaves the various stops of his journey together with a straightforward account of his quest to try to understand the dual nature of being human: horrifying acts followed by uplifting healing.

The quality of the visuals match the power of this odyssey to the "ground zeros" of devastation.

An unexpectedly moving and compelling film that is a tonic for all of us who are bewildered by the dark side of humanity.

"Scared Sacred" lets the light shine through.