If you’re near BFI Southbank you’ll have another chance to catch Jonathan Demme’s documentary about former president Jimmy Carter. The doc, entitled Jimmy Carter Man From Plains is an intimate and personal look at our 39th President and his quest to promote peace. The story revolves around a promotional tour for Carter’s controversial book “Palestine: Peace, Not Apartheid.”

Roger Ebert made a pretty good case for seeing the film when he wrote: “One reason to see this film might be to learn more about his views on the Middle East, but a better reason might be to observe how he attends to the privilege and responsibility of doing what he believes is the right thing.”

Seems a good way to spend a few hours.

takepart for screening information (FYI - it ends on August 28th) and if you aren’t in the BFI Southbank area, be sure to takepart and get involved with the social action campaign for the film. You’ll be able to take a stand for human rights and learn about peaceful conflict resolution - two things we could use more of in today’s political climate.

Look below for a trailer to the film and a segment from CNN’s “The Situation Room” about the film

Read on:

• Jonathan Demme and His Work on Jimmy Carter : Man From Plains

• Film review: Jimmy Carter: Man From Plains
• On the Road to Legacy With an Ex-President