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" The story of everyday people rising up to fight against evil to protect their families - it's a story that we've seen play out throughout history and across the world today. "

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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. "

Matthew Heineman

Conflict

Understand

You

" 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. "

" We as a society need to become healthier. "

" Hospitals should be paid to keep patients out of the hospital, not for signing up more and more patients. "

Matthew Heineman

Hospital

Out

" 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. "

" Health is the one thing we all have in common regardless of race, creed, or income. Everyone should participate in creating the solutions. "

" Health care has become a political football that is being tossed back and forth by both sides in Washington. And it's divided our country. "

" I fell in love with Mexico. I fell in love with the people. "

" I barely speak Spanish. "

" It's hard making people sitting in hotel rooms interesting. "

" Bombs are not going to fix ISIS. "

" I'm so grateful to be part of the Sundance family. "

" I think in 'Escape Fire,' we really look at the military as a microcosm for the rest of America. "

" The contrast of ISIL's videos - which proclaim a fully-functioning and prosperous state - with those of RBSS, which captured the dysfunction and violence of everyday life, is shocking. In a sense, it's a war of ideas, a war of propaganda, a war being waged with cameras and computers, not just guns. "

" Sundance is incredible and has been very important for my career as a filmmaker, but it's also not the only route to success. There are a ton of great movies that don't get in and go on and do wonderfully. "

" Sound is the most important thing on any film, especially documentaries. "

" I landed a job at HBO, working for two years on the 'The Alzheimer's Project,' which aired in May 2009. I was fortunate to work with a great mentor, producer John Hoffman, and the amazing doc filmmaker Susan Froemke. "

" You can't win a battle against an idea with bombs, with guns, or militarily. "

" In the Affordable Care Act, Congress provided access to medical care for nearly 30 million uninsured Americans. Access is critically important, but offering access to an already broken system won't provide a lasting cure. We need to ask and answer the underlying question: Access to what? "

" '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. "

" 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.' "

" I'm not a war reporter. "

Matthew Heineman

War

Reporter

" 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. "

" ISIS is an idea. And we have to fight this idea with the same tools that they're using. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I found out I wanted to be a filmmaker almost by accident after graduating from college in 2005. "

" We have a fee-for-service system that rewards quantity, not quality: profit-driven care rather than patient-driven care. So doctors order more tests, more procedures, and more drugs - we actually consume more prescription drugs in the U.S. than the rest of the world combined. "

" I went on a cross-country trip with three buddies to find out what our generation is about. I bought a video camera, started shooting, learned as I went, and ended up with 'Our Time,' a feature-length documentary about what it's like to be young in America. I was hooked. "

" 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. "