A Choice Worth Dying For
This story about the universal desire for democracy and the human price that is paid to attain it is as inspirational as it is informative. How shocking the parallels are as we watch dictators from five countries betray the very people who believed they were liberators. News footage from the Ukraine, Venezuela, Egypt, Malaysia and Zimbabwe is used to dramatize the common theme that when power becomes absolute, the result is catastrophic. But the primary message of the film focuses on the courage of the oppressed to risk everything for liberty. When we see how people risk their lives for the right to vote, it is a reminder of how many squander that right and often ignore the implications of complacency.
The gentle beginning is disarming and brilliant. A parable reminds us of what we have long known: a hero becomes a dictator when power is absolute. We know it, but when we see it evolve in the film, we feel the truth of it and the warning that it is a truth we must...
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