Jimmy Carter: Man From Plains

Jimmy Carter Man From Plains is an intimate, surprising encounter withPresident Jimmy Carter. Following the path of Mr. Carter’s recentcontroversial book tour for Palestine Peace Not Apartheid, AcademyAward©-winning director Jonathan Demme reveals a complex individual who,with the gusto and determination of a youngster, criss-crosses the countryto get his message across, even as that message creates a media onslaughtin which his credibility and judgment are called into question. JimmyCarter Man From Plains explores both the private and public sides of JimmyCarter, whose intense sense of justice compels him to pursue, withundiminished energy and hope, his lifelong and deeply spiritual vision ofreconciliation and peace.