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" My job is to generate discussion. "
Matthew Heineman
Job
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" In my humble opinion, propaganda is one of the most evil tools humans have used against humans throughout history to justify wars, justify atrocities, justify evil. ISIS has taken it to a new extreme. "
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" I think we as a society, a global community, we as governments, need to figure out ways to combat ISIS, not just as a military force but as an idea. "
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" I don't start out making films with a certain goal in mind. "
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" My favorite way of making films - and what has allowed me to get key scenes in 'Cartel Land' and 'City of Ghosts' - has been when I've been able to operate alone. "
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" If you're going to see 'City of Ghosts' because you want to understand everything about the Syrian conflict and how to fix it, then it's the wrong film to see. "
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" I almost obsessively began reading about what was happening with the so-called Islamic State. But I couldn't find an angle on the story. "
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" For 'City of Ghosts,' I really didn't speak any Arabic. It obviously made it more difficult, but I also found it to be an advantage while shooting. It allowed me to focus on the emotion of the scene as opposed to just chasing dialogue. "
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" I was fascinated by what motivates men and women to fight for what they believe in. "
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" You can't win a battle against an idea with bombs, with guns, or militarily. "
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" Sound is the most important thing on any film, especially documentaries. "
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" I have faith in an audience being able to interpret complex material. "
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" So much of the access that I was able to gain with the Autodefensas was over months, not days. "
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" The amount of money that's being put into long-form investigative journalism has become less and less. "
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" Health is the one thing we all have in common regardless of race, creed, or income. Everyone should participate in creating the solutions. "
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" There's a wide range of motivations that led folks to patrol the border, to be part of Arizona Border Recon. "
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Part
" 'Cartel Land' explores what happens when - in a Mexican society without order, law or security - vendettas, terror, and corruption go hand in hand with the pursuit of a better world. "
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Law
Society
" I think it doesn't matter, the color of your skin; it doesn't matter where you are from. It matters how you relate to people, how you connect with people, and the open-mindedness with which you approach the subject. That's to me what matters when you are making a film, not who you are or where you are from. "
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" I'm so grateful to be part of the Sundance family. "
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" At medical centers such as the Cleveland Clinic and Kaiser Permanente, teams of doctors and nurses provide coordinated care while working for salary instead of getting paid for every procedure. "
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Working
" With newspapers cutting foreign bureaus and budgets shrinking for long-form, investigative journalism, documentary filmmakers are often filling a void nowadays in the media landscape with their ability to spend time with their stories and subjects. "
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" I don't drink coffee. "
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Coffee
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" When you are part of a cartel, you don't have a Costco card that says, 'I'm a card-carrying member of the cartel.' "
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" I barely speak Spanish. "
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" There's this fascination in America that more is better: we want that procedure. And more is not necessarily better when it comes to health care. We as consumers really need to understand that. "
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" I'm not a war reporter. "
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" I think one of the major themes in 'Escape Fire,' really, if you break it down, is that huge institutions, the military, the Safeway Corporation and others, are being forced to change. "
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" I was fascinated by what happens when government institutions fail and citizens take the law into their own hands. "
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" I think in 'Escape Fire,' we really look at the military as a microcosm for the rest of America. "
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