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annm4peace

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18. today heard this docu. of slime Brandon Darby is in theater
Sun Sep 22, 2013, 01:06 AM
Sep 2013
http://www.musicboxfilms.com/informant-movies-70.php

Informant is a fascinating portrait of Brandon Darby, a radical left-wing activist turned FBI informant. In 2005, Darby became an overnight hero when he traveled to Katrina-devastated New Orleans and braved toxic floodwaters to rescue a stranded friend. Soon after, he co-founded Common Ground, a successful grassroots relief organization. But over the next few years, he began hiding a shocking secret. After two young protestors were arrested at the 2008 Republican National Convention, Darby revealed he had been instrumental in their indictment as an FBI informant. Today, having renounced his left-wing past, he is a tea-party darling who writes regularly for the right-leaning website Breitbart.com.

The only film with access to Darby since his public confession, Informant meticulously constructs a picture of his life – before and after the many death threats he has received - through interviews and tense reenactments starring Darby himself. Darby's version of events is accompanied - and often contradicted - by acquaintances and expert commentators, posing complicated questions about trust and the nature of reality. As David Hanners of St. Paul Pioneer Press suggests, "When you interview people about Brandon Darby, you realize that everyone has a different idea of who he is.”

In addition to trying to unlock the mystery of Brandon Darby, Informant offers an powerful insider look at the hidden use of informants in contemporary America – an especially timely issue in light of the recent leaks about government surveillance.



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Sept 24th at 4:30pm. Minneapolis Fed Building, 3 years too many. End the Investig. annm4peace Sep 2013 #1
Thanks for posting this OutNow Sep 2013 #2
surprise surprise surprise reddread Sep 2013 #3
what are you talking about? annm4peace Sep 2013 #6
bathroom arrest/shakedowns reddread Sep 2013 #8
Vince would annm4peace Sep 2013 #11
that is going to take a much higher power reddread Sep 2013 #13
please clarify reddread Sep 2013 #14
It falls back to greed. annm4peace Sep 2013 #10
I wouldnt dismiss the psychotic nature of power reddread Sep 2013 #12
K&R for more visibility. nt Mnemosyne Sep 2013 #4
man, i am so glad i don't live in a police state... KG Sep 2013 #5
Reads like something a undercover FBI whistler162 Sep 2013 #7
are you talking about me ? annm4peace Sep 2013 #9
FBI's just doing its job. Octafish Sep 2013 #15
Instigaters, Did these 2 espouse any violence? DiverDave Sep 2013 #16
I have a suspicion about their justifications/motivations/rationalizations reddread Sep 2013 #17
today heard this docu. of slime Brandon Darby is in theater annm4peace Sep 2013 #18
and then I heard tonight of this documentary of Hit and Stay annm4peace Sep 2013 #19
Who doesn't recognize them? Jeffersons Ghost Sep 2013 #20
naive reddread Sep 2013 #21
please tell me who reddread Sep 2013 #22
I actually do hope someone recognize them annm4peace Sep 2013 #23
Being anti war is giving aid and comfort to the enemy but giving help to Syrian rebels is not... L0oniX Sep 2013 #24
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