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A young Jewish man develops a fiercely anti-Semitic philosophy. This film is based on the factual story of a K.K.K. member in the 1960s who was revealed to be Jewish by a New York Times reporter.
A profoundly disturbing film, The Believer, written and directed by Henry Bean, an observant Jew, explores the emotional damage anti-Semitism has done to one brilliant, independent-minded Jew.
Obviously obsessed with the issue of power, and repulsed by those who are powerless, the protagonist chooses to identify with Nazis as opposed to Jews. As the film progresses, he reconnects with Judaism and with former classmates but is unable to relinquish his neo-Nazism. He now identifies as both a Nazi and a Jew, as seen by his images of a horrifying story told to him by a survivor.
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