{"id":9519,"date":"2014-08-22T13:14:44","date_gmt":"2014-08-22T17:14:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/?p=9519"},"modified":"2014-08-25T11:36:44","modified_gmt":"2014-08-25T15:36:44","slug":"political-documentary-the-green-prince-thrills-offers-hope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2014\/08\/political-documentary-the-green-prince-thrills-offers-hope.html","title":{"rendered":"Political Documentary \u2018The Green Prince\u2019 Thrills, Offers Hope"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/2014\/08\/The-green-prince-film-edit.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9526\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/2014\/08\/The-green-prince-film-edit.jpg\" alt=\"The Green Prince \" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a> Political thriller, &#8220;The Green Prince&#8221; tells the story Mosab Hassan Yousef, son of a key Hamas leader, who betrays his father and country to work for Israeli security forces.<\/p>\n<p>The narrative is framed around his life as a double agent, and loosely based off his memoir, \u201cSon of Hamas: A Gripping Account of Terror, Betrayal, Political Intrigue, and Unthinkable Choices.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Incarcerated for buying illegal weapons, Israeli intelligence, Shin Bet, approaches Yousef with a proposition. Israeli handler, Gonen Ben Yitzchak, convinces Yousef to be an informant, providing privileged, pertinent information on Hamas.<\/p>\n<p>Scenes of the film are laced with action and interchanging dialogue between Yousef and Yitzchak.<\/p>\n<p>And there begins a dangerous alliance and an inspiring friendship.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli director and writer of the film, Nadav Schirman, melds a dramatic story of espionage and optimism in the midst of moral conflict.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The Green Prince\u2019 premiered at the <a href=\"http:\/\/filmguide.sundance.org\/film\/13927\/the_green_prince\" target=\"_blank\">Sundance Film Festival<\/a> in January, winning the 2014 Audience Award for Best Documentary, World Cinema.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The Green Prince\u2019 will be in theaters September 12, 2014.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Political thriller, &#8220;The Green Prince&#8221; tells the story Mosab Hassan Yousef, son of a key Hamas leader, who betrays his father and country to work for Israeli security forces. 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