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This film is a deeply personal spiritual quest that takes the filmmaker across the United States in search of the Virgin Mary. Acutely aware that "fear" is the defining aspect of her life, she seeks, not a vision of Mary to cure herself, but rather a nation -- whose fear resembles hers -- against whose backdrop of wide open roads she can ponder the meaning of Mary's life, symbolism and choices. From Nevada to New York, from Detroit to Alabama, the filmmaker encounters individuals whose experiences go counter to America's fear-based ways, attitudes and actions. As her journey progresses, the filmmaker gradually realizes that, similarly to Mary, one can choose love instead of fear.
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During the last 20 years, Monique LeBlanc has worked on a number of short, medium- and feature-length documentaries as a writer, director and producer. Among her films is the 1995 feature documentary The Acadian Connection, which she directed for the National Film Board of Canada. She also directed The Battle of the Schelt and co-directed The Asbestos Strike for the TV series Turning Points of History. For television she also produced Artiste dans l'âme, a documentary series about Canadian artists. Searching for Mary is her second feature-lenght documentary. 
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