The contrast of ISIL's videos - which proclaim a fully-functioning and prosperous state - with those of RBSS, which captured the dysfunction and violence of everyday life, is shocking. In a sense, it's a war of ideas, a war of propaganda, a war being waged with cameras and computers, not just guns.

Matthew Heineman

Categorized in : Computers Life War Violence

Hospitals should be paid to keep patients out of the hospital, not for signing up more and more patients.

Matthew Heineman

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We have a disease care system, not a health care system.

Matthew Heineman

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It's hard making people sitting in hotel rooms interesting.

Matthew Heineman

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I'm so grateful to be part of the Sundance family.

Matthew Heineman

part sundance grateful family

'Cartel Land' explores what happens when - in a Mexican society without order, law or security - vendettas, terror, and corruption go hand in hand with the pursuit of a better world.

Matthew Heineman

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I landed a job at HBO, working for two years on the 'The Alzheimer's Project,' which aired in May 2009. I was fortunate to work with a great mentor, producer John Hoffman, and the amazing doc filmmaker Susan Froemke.

Matthew Heineman

amazing job great work

We have this fascination that more is better, and we - what we learned was more isn't better ; that more care can actually hurt you. That fascination with the quick fix is often hurting us. One-third of health-care spending doesn't even improve health care.

Matthew Heineman

you care health hurt

Too often, we rely on other people - whether it be politicians or institutions - to effect change.

Matthew Heineman

politicians rely change people

If you're going to see 'City of Ghosts' because you want to understand everything about the Syrian conflict and how to fix it, then it's the wrong film to see.

Matthew Heineman

city understand you conflict

The amount of money that's being put into long-form investigative journalism has become less and less.

Matthew Heineman

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My favorite way of making films - and what has allowed me to get key scenes in 'Cartel Land' and 'City of Ghosts' - has been when I've been able to operate alone.

Matthew Heineman

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I was fascinated by what happens when government institutions fail and citizens take the law into their own hands.

Matthew Heineman

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I'm not a war reporter.

Matthew Heineman

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I have faith in an audience being able to interpret complex material.

Matthew Heineman

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When you are part of a cartel, you don't have a Costco card that says, 'I'm a card-carrying member of the cartel.'

Matthew Heineman

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I barely speak Spanish.

Matthew Heineman

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I don't drink coffee.

Matthew Heineman

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I almost obsessively began reading about what was happening with the so-called Islamic State. But I couldn't find an angle on the story.

Matthew Heineman

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'Cartel Land' seeks to give voice to the people of Mexico who suffer grievous harm from cartel violence and government corruption.

Matthew Heineman

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Sound is the most important thing on any film, especially documentaries.

Matthew Heineman

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