Better This World (2011)
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Better This World follows the journey of David McKay (22) and Bradley Crowder (23) from political neophytes to accused domestic terrorists with a particular focus on the relationship they develop with a radical activist mentor in the six months leading up to their arrests. A dramatic story of idealism, loyalty, crime and betrayal.
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Better This World delivers a chilling depiction of loyalty, naivete, political zealotry and the post-9/11 security state.
Top CriticA case of solid journalism that happens to be cinematically interesting.
Sharply focused and superbly put together.
Katie Galloway and Kelly Duane's nonfiction account is eerily suggestive -- and alarming.
It says more than almost everything airing in the period around the 10th anniversary of 9/11.
As Better This World puts together the pieces of Brad Crowley and David McKay's stories, it appears they weren't always aware of what was going on around them.
...less a case of highwire drama than a punishing stumble into a looking-glass world where criminals are made so that they can be undone.
Better This World conveys the helplessness and hopelessness of what it's like to get caught in a system that, the film argues, values appearance over facts.
Katie Galloway and Kelly Duane de la Vega's documentary doesn't let its duped young crusaders entirely off the hook.
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