Inside the Freemasons: The Grand Lodge Uncovered (2010)

They were all remarkable men. True.

But there’s something else.

All shared the core values and beliefs characteristic of Freemasonry. In fact, all of these men were Freemasons.

Inside the Freemasons: The Grand Lodge Uncovered is an unusual and instructive film. Interviewer Karen Frandsen literally goes inside the United Grand Lodge of England to meet with John Hamill, its Head Officer.

The interview moves through several interior locations, to include the Memorial Casket Room, the Grand Temple, the Indian Temple and the Museum. Hamill provides a great deal of current and historical information about Freemasonry, stressing that it’s a fraternity concerned with Brotherly Love, Relief, and Truth.

Hamill also says that Freemasonry has some secrets but is not a secret society. Nor is it a religion. While Freemasons must believe in God, the expression of that belief isn’t confined to any particular faith group.

I probably first took notice of Freemasonry while cutting grass one summer in a large Toronto cemetery. Just out of high school, all I knew about Freemasons was that my grandfather had been one.