(USA, 2005, 93 min., English)
Directed by Marc Levin
On the heels of the 9/11 attacks filmmaker Marc Levin is shocked by a rumor on the streets of New York: no Jews were killed in the bombings - they were warned to stay home. In an effort to understand this latest anti-Semitic myth, he grabs a camera and engages in a free-for-all dialogue with Arab Americans, Black nationalists, Christian evangelists, White supremacists, Kabbalist rabbis, Holocaust survivors, and the founder of the alarmingly popular Jew Watch website. Many of his subjects cite "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion," a notorious forgery created 100 years ago that purports to be the Jews' master plan to rule the world, as the inspiration for their hate. Full of genuine curiosity, confrontational conversations, and moments of unexpected humor, the film creates a disconcerting portrait of modern civilization caught in the grip of an ancient hatred.
