A documentary about the rise of anti-Semitism in the USA after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.A documentary about the rise of anti-Semitism in the USA after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.A documentary about the rise of anti-Semitism in the USA after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
- Awards
- 1 nomination
Kofi Annan
- Self
- (archive footage)
Shmuley Boteach
- Self - Radio Host, Talk America
- (as Rabbi Shmuley Boteach)
Abraham Cooper
- Self - Simon Wiesenthal Center
- (as Rabbi Abraham Cooper)
Father Coughlin
- Self - Roman Catholic Priest & Radio Host
- (archive footage)
Henry Ford
- Self - Pictures
- (archive footage)
Mel Gibson
- Self
- (archive footage)
Hadassah Gross
- Self
- (as Rebbetzin Hadassah Gross)
Ted Haggard
- Self - President, National Association of Evangelicals
- (as Pastor Ted Haggard)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaOne of the subjects from Trembling Before G-d (2001), another American documentary concerning contemporary Jewish issues, can be seen briefly in the anti-war protest.
- GoofsWhen Marc Levin is walking up a gravel road with a white supremacist leader, the shots from behind show them passing several parked cars as they are engaged in conversation. Shots of them from the front, however, do not include these cars. In addition, the shots from behind show the two persons approaching the same cars several times.
- ConnectionsFeatures Der ewige Jude (1940)
Featured review
A promising, yet disappointing film
This documentary has a promising start: a report on the current day use of the discredited anti-Semitic fraud, "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion." Levin is at his best when he's covering how this silly false text is still being cited by anti-Semitic political activists, white supremacists, and the like. Actually, he could have spent even more time describing the theories regarding the document's source and history.
Unfortunately, he loses focus. After giving his main topic too abbreviated a treatment, he takes a scattershot approach which is ultimately a superficial analysis of 20th and 21st century anti-Semitism and the politics of Israel. Covering the issues of anti-Semitism and Roman Catholicism (and more pointedly, anti-Semiticism in the "Passion of the Christ") for example, could have been its own documentary. Instead, it is just a misplaced digression in this movie. Next, a presentation of anti-Semitism among Arab-Americans and Palestian-Americans, their motives and their views, takes up about 30 minutes of film.
In reality, each of these major themes: the current role of the Protocols in anti-Semitics politics, the tension between the Christian church and Judaism dating back to the Crucifixion, and the Arab-Israali conflict could take up its own proper treatment via documentary. Levin does each a disservice by trying to cover all in one modest film.
Unfortunately, he loses focus. After giving his main topic too abbreviated a treatment, he takes a scattershot approach which is ultimately a superficial analysis of 20th and 21st century anti-Semitism and the politics of Israel. Covering the issues of anti-Semitism and Roman Catholicism (and more pointedly, anti-Semiticism in the "Passion of the Christ") for example, could have been its own documentary. Instead, it is just a misplaced digression in this movie. Next, a presentation of anti-Semitism among Arab-Americans and Palestian-Americans, their motives and their views, takes up about 30 minutes of film.
In reality, each of these major themes: the current role of the Protocols in anti-Semitics politics, the tension between the Christian church and Judaism dating back to the Crucifixion, and the Arab-Israali conflict could take up its own proper treatment via documentary. Levin does each a disservice by trying to cover all in one modest film.
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- jtolleson
- Jul 16, 2006
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $178,875
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $21,733
- Oct 23, 2005
- Gross worldwide
- $178,875
- Runtime1 hour 35 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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