This is a film about a young woman who has doubts about multiculturalism. Those doubts eventually take her into the world, by way of an internet chat room, of the National Identity Movement, which is your typical racist hate group. She's quickly accepted into the group because of her skills as a writer. She finds a bit of happiness with her new found friends, but, she always seems to sense that there's something wrong with their beliefs. As she goes deeper into their world of sex, murder and hate rock, she eventually comes to a complete and total understanding that, yes, there's something wrong here, at which point she decides to leave the group, which is something she finds isn't all too easy to do. This film does a good job of explaining how good a hate group can appear to be when recruiting a young and innocent person and how they manipulate the truth to rationalize their actions and what they believe in. The film also does an exceptionally good job of showing exactly how boring these people actually are. No matter what they're doing, it's all about hate and what they believe in. It's like they can't think of anything else, be it at a party, a rock concert, even a Christmas dinner. They tend to lack any real personality. This DVD also includes an additional 26 minute feature, "The Telling Of White Lies," which is a behind the scenes look at the making of this movie and the reason why the cast and crew (some of them anyway) felt this story needed to be told. It's a movie that actually makes you think because, even though this is only a story, it's based on something that's all too real. The film stars Tanya Allen, Jonathan Scarfe, Joseph Kell, Albert Schultz and Lynn Redgrave. But, the true star of the show here is Sarah Polley, who plays her character to perfection. You feel her struggle, her acceptance and her eventual coming of age. She's also got those natural good looks, which makes her character all the more real because this is the kind of person these hate groups prey upon. Someone you could look at and say, "No, not them. They're not a racist." http://www.videoservicecorp.com

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