Man from Plains /

Embarking on a national publicity tour to promote his new book, "Palestine Peace Not Apartheid," former US President Jimmy Carter ignites an international firestorm of controversy when he argues that only Israel's complete withdrawal from the occupied territories can bring lasting pea...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Alexander Street (Firm)
Other Authors: Armian, Neda (Producer), Demme, Jonathan, 1944-2017 (Director, Producer, Screenwriter)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: New York, NY : Sony Pictures Classics, 2007.
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Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:Embarking on a national publicity tour to promote his new book, "Palestine Peace Not Apartheid," former US President Jimmy Carter ignites an international firestorm of controversy when he argues that only Israel's complete withdrawal from the occupied territories can bring lasting peace to the Middle East. Intimate, informative and altogether engrossing, Jimmy Carter man from Plains is a candid portrait of a Nobel Prize-winning humanitarian and statesman whose compassion and steadfast sense of justice remains undiminished by time. Directed by Academy Award-winner Jonathan Demme (The Silence of the Lambs, Best Director, 1991; Philadelphia, 1993).
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed January 05, 2017).
Physical Description:1 online resource (126 minutes)
Playing Time:02:05:44
Awards:Nominated 2008 Golden Trailer Awards, Best Independent Poster
Nominated 2007 Gotham Awards, Best Documentary
Won 2007 Venice Film Festival, Biografilm Award
Won 2007 Venice Film Festival, EIUC Award
Won 2007 Venice Film Festival, FIPRESCI Prize, Parallel Sections