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Exit : leaving extremism behind / director, Karen Winther ; producer, Eirin Gjorv ; produced by Sant and Usant.
- Format:
- Government document
- Video
- Standardized Title:
- Exit (Motion picture : 2018 : Winther)
- Language:
- Danish
- English
- French
- German
- Norwegian
- Subjects (All):
- Racism.
- Extremists.
- Radicalism.
- Right-wing extremists.
- Life change events.
- Hate groups--History.
- Hate groups.
- Extremists--Interviews.
- History.
- Genre:
- Interviews.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online streaming video (55 min.) : sound, color
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Women Make Movies, [2018]
- Language Note:
- Multilingual dialogue in English, Norwegian, French, German, Danish with subtitles in English.
- System Details:
- digital
- optical
- stereo
- video file
- Summary:
- A personal and urgent look at the ways people legitimize hatred and the threats they face when they attempt to leave their radicalized worlds behind. Paralleling her own past as part of a violent right-wing organization with the experiences of other former extremists, filmmaker Karen Winther explores what makes someone join neo-Nazis, Jihadists or other hate groups, and what makes them decide to leave. Winther introduces us to Angela from the US and Ingo and Manuel from Germany, all ex-right-wing extremists who made the leap to abandon their movement and now must live isolated lives in hiding. In Denmark, we witness the other side of the spectrum when former violent left-wing extremist Søren shares the story of his life. Winther also travels to France to meet a French former jihadist. Through these intimate conversations, Winther examines how and why some radicalized people, when confronted with the realization that everything they once firmly believed is wrong, gather the courage to embark on extraordinary journeys to turn their lives around.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, Peter Ask ; film editor, Robert Stengard ; composer, Michel Wenzer.
- Notes:
- Originally produced as a motion picture in 2018.
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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