Inside a Skinhead (2001)

Inside a Skinhead: Directed by Henry Bean. With Ryan Gosling, Peter Meadows, Garret Dillahunt, Kris Eivers. A young Jewish man develops a fiercely anti-Semitic philosophy. Based on the factual story of a K.K.K. member in the 1960s who was revealed to be Jewish by a New York Times reporter.

“When I read a description of this film, I thought it would go overboard in the violence and u0026quot;shock sequences.u0026quot; I was relieved and impressed that it left most of the violence to the imagination. The shock value comes from other places–the content, the dialogue. This is a very thought-provoking and smart movie, not at all preachy (and it easily could have been preachy). The acting is unforced and its story does not fall into the u0026quot;American History Xu0026quot; trap: Its main character does not become an u0026quot;all race lovingu0026quot; good guy. The protagonist in u0026quot;The Believeru0026quot; is a tortured soul, and his fate (although somewhat predictable) is fitting after the events in the film. This movie is another example that cable movies occasionally surpass theatrical movies in their subject matter and execution. Very well done.”