2018
1 h 30 m

2018
1 h 30 m

Summary The Peacemaker follows international peacemaker Padraig O'Malley, who helps make peace for others but struggles to find it for himself. The film takes us from Padraig's isolated life in Cambridge, Massachusetts to some of the most dangerous crisis zones on Earth – from Northern Ireland to Kosovo, Nigeria to Iraq over five years – as he w...

Documentary

Directed By: James Demo

Written By: James Demo

2018
1 h 30 m

2018
1 h 30 m

The Peacemaker

Name: The Peacemaker
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2018-02-09
Duration: 1 min 30 s
Rating: 81

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The New York Times

Feb 8, 2018

The movie is a fascinating portrait that is if anything too brief.

By Glenn Kenny FULL REVIEW

Boston Globe

Apr 11, 2018

By the end of The Peacemaker, you feel you’re watching a Samuel Beckett character furiously trying to improvise himself out of the play. In the process, he’s bringing the rest of us along.

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Los Angeles Times

Mar 22, 2018

As it follows him over a five-year period, into hotel gatherings and danger zones, James Demo's sharp-eyed documentary lays waste to any assumption that inner peace is a requisite for O'Malley's urgent work.

By Sheri Linden FULL REVIEW

Village Voice

Feb 8, 2018

James Demo’s The Peacemaker is an intense, intimate portrait of a visionary capable of sophisticated analysis, abrupt anger, self-deprecating wit, and profound insights — all while existing at considerable remove from his fellow man.

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The Hollywood Reporter

Feb 8, 2018

It's easy to see why this deeply thoughtful, self-made diplomat has succeeded where so many others have failed. It's thus all the more poignant that his own demons have proven far more difficult for him to tame than so many of the world's.

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Variety

Feb 15, 2018

What brings a documentary like this one to life is a central character with something going on that’s thornier than his official idealism. Fortunately, that’s Padraig O’Malley.

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Production Company Central Square Films, Principle Pictures

Release Date Feb 9, 2018

Duration 1 h 30 m

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Website http://www.peacemakermovie.com/

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Awards

Cleveland International Film Festival

• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

Florida Film Festival

• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival

• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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