You have to be involved and relate to the characters in order to make a film that is true emotionally.
So when I made some money, I didn't have any idea how one handled such a situation because no one in our family ever had any money.
The word survivor suggests someone who has emerged alive from a plane crash or a natural disaster. But the word can also refer to the loved ones of murder victims, and this was the sense in which it was used at a four-day conference in early June at Boston College.

