Homegrown: The Counter-Terror Dilemma
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| HBO | Release Date: February 8, 2016 |
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Movie/Mini-Series, News/Documentary, Documentary
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Feb 8, 2016
Season 1 Review:
HBO's clear-eyed documentary Homegrown: The Counter-Terror Dilemma, produced in conjunction with CNN national security analyst Peter Bergen's new book, United States of Jihad: Investigating America’s Homegrown Terrorists, tries to imbue the discussion with some intelligence and nuance.
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Feb 8, 2016
Season 1 Review:
Is it right to so harshly prosecute someone's intent to do harm? Or is Sadequee a whole-on victim of the anti-Middle Eastern sentiment (directed even at U.S. citizens) that has been stirred up in the wake of 9/11 and is still stoked to this day? No easy answers, here.... There are other complicated stories here as well; the most moving explores the friendship that blossomed between lawyer Nader Hasan and actress Kerry Cahill in the wake of the 2009 shooting at Fort Hood, Texas.
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Feb 8, 2016
Season 1 Review:
Throughout Homegrown, the four of them [The daughter of a victim and the shooter’s brother. And the sister of a young man found guilty of incitement to commit acts of terrorism and a government analyst who helped make the decision that the man was a threat to the U.S.] offer articulate discussions of their situations and feelings, which gives this compelling documentary added impact.
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Feb 8, 2016
Season 1 Review:
As a premium service, HBO has welcome latitude to engage in a dialogue about the nature and scope of terrorism that is surely needed. But as constructed, Homegrown mostly reflects how hard it will be to calm people down when so many people have an incentive to keep them on edge.
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Air Date: February 8, 2016
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