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6.0/10 • 32

2022-02-230h 30m

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A U.S. Marine plots a terrorist attack on a small-town American mosque, but his plan takes an unexpected turn when he comes face to face with the people he sets out to kill.

Directors
Joshua Seftel
Editors
Jeremy Medoff

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  1. Bibi Bahrami

    Bibi Bahrami

  2. Dr. Saber Bahrami

    Dr. Saber Bahrami

  3. Zaki Bahrami

    Zaki Bahrami

  4. Captain Kent Kurtz

    Captain Kent Kurtz

  5. Dana McKinney

    Dana McKinney

  6. Emily McKinney

    Emily McKinney

  7. Richard "Mac" McKinney

    Richard "Mac" McKinney

  8. Jomo Williams

    Jomo Williams

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CinemaSerf

Mar 22, 2024

6/10

Richard McKinney spent over 25 hears in the US military and it's fair to say that when he returned home to Muncie in Indiana he was a pretty devout hater of all things Muslim. He despised their beliefs, their clothing and indeed admits that he completely lost the plot when he thought they were mixing with his young daughter. Determined to rid the town of this scourge, he set about planning a bomb attack on their mosque whilst they were all at prayer. It was on a recce, though, that he began to realise that these people were decent, respectful and kindly families who treated him with an humanity he had hitherto been lacking for many a year. Apparently it took him only a matter of weeks to realise that he had backed the wrong horse and that these were folks to be embraced as they had embraced him. It's not a great documentary. It does seem to suggest rather that the Muslim community has all the work to do to prove it's non-complicity in atrocities when they happen and that the armed forces are always acting honourably, but it did also make me wonder what steps the military authorities take to ensure the mental wellbeing of people who have basically given most of their lives to blindly obeying orders that require no compassion, evaluation or validation of the orders given. As one of his superiors pointed out to him - just imagine they are but pieces of paper on a target practice. It just goes to show that communication and interaction can go some way to breaking down barriers and assumptions and hats off to McKinney for his honesty.

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Status
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Original Language
English
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Keywords
mass murderloveterrorismreligious differencesislamophobiaextremistafghanistan veteraninterfaithrefugees