Finding the gift in the wound: what makes a story restorative

A reflection on the documentary Impossible Conversations (dir. Pratāp Rughani and David Chung) as a case study in restorative storytelling, drawing on the author's work with The Forgiveness Project and the story of Ginn Fourie and Letlapa Mphahlele, to argue for the civic and therapeutic value of narratives that hold complexity rather than resolve it.