White Right: Meeting the Enemy
Filmmaker Deeyah Khan meets neo-Nazis and white nationalists face-to-face in the US to understand the personal and political motivations behind the country's resurgence of far-right extremism. Speaking with fascists, racists and proponents of alt-right ideologies, Deeyah, a Muslim, attempts to discover new possibilities for connections and solutions. When she finds herself in the middle of one of America's biggest and most violent far-right rallies in recent years, Deeyah's safety is jeopardized. With a US president promulgating anti-Muslim propaganda, and divisive populist rhetoric infecting political and public discourses across western democracies, the film's urgent, resonant and personal look at race wars is more relevant than ever.
Deeyah Khan is an Emmy and Peabody award-winning documentary film director. In 2016, she became the first UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for artistic freedom and creativity. Her documentary, Banaz: A Love Story (2012), chronicles the life and death of a young, British Kurdish woman murdered by her family in a so-called honor killing. Khan's second film, Jihad, involved two years of filming with Islamic extremists, convicted terrorists and former jihadis. Khan has also produced a number of critically-acclaimed albums, including Listen to the Banned, a compilation that brought together musicians from around the world who have been subject to persecution, censorship and imprisonment.