ScaredSacred (2004)

Director:

Velcrow Ripper

Writer:

Velcrow Ripper (writer)

Genre:

Documentary

Tagline:

Unwrap the Darkness Reveal the Light

Plot:

In a world teetering on the edge of self destruction, award-winning filmmaker Velcrow Ripper sets out on a unique pilgrimmage...

Plot Keywords:

September 11 2001 | Afghanistan | Award Winning | Ground Zero | Hope

Awards:

2 wins & 5 nominations

Runtime:

105 min | Canada:104 min

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:M | Iceland:14

Company:

National Film Board of Canada (NFB)

Makes Farenheit 9/11 look like propaganda

You gotta see this one!

I saw it at opening night at The Carlton in Toronto. Mr. Ripper has a gentle, no B.S. way of exposing the truth, or at least his truth, about this troubled world of ours. The film is not AIMED AT any wrong-doers, it simply shows the situation, and asks us to open our hearts. His focus is on the positive, the hope, rather than on the bad guy; on what we can do right versus what they have done wrong. I prefer this to a Farenheit 9/11, where Moore, though extremely witty and brave, sometimes discards objectivity in his pursuit of a Gee Dubbya, or whoever happens to be his enemy of choice, and therefore misses the beauty of the human spirit in the face of all the world's 'ground zero' disasters.

Ripper should be thanked for telling his story, as should the many incredibly brave souls in the film who tell THEIR story.

Technically, I thought the cinematography, editing, and sound design, including the music, were highly creative.