U.N. Me (2012)

Release Date: June 1st, 2012

Director: Ami Horowitz, Matthew Groff

Writers: Ami Horowitz, Matthew Groff

Actors: Not available

Genre: Documentary

MPAA Rating: PG-13

Official site: www.unmemovie.com

Studio: Not available

Documentary filmmaker Ami Horowitz takes us on a brutal tour of a number of places where the UN has intervened. Through interviews with those involved
– some of whom wish to remain anonymous – and archive footage, he uncovers facts about manifest abuses and scandals surrounding UN missions and personnel. Such as a “forgotten” shooting in Côte d’Ivoire, during which UN soldiers opened fire on unarmed demonstrators. Or the “Oil for Food” program in Iraq, which resulted in the wrong people reaping the benefits. Horowitz also addresses the harrowing case of the UN soldiers who stood by, powerless, during the genocide in Rwanda.Exposing a face of the United Nations traditional media has never shown, U.N. ME filmmaker Ami Horowitz pulls the curtain back on one largest organizations in the world and exposes what really goes on. U.N. ME details what actually goes on inside this institution day in, day out. A timeless message told in a timely fashion leading into the election, U.N. ME is an enlightening David vs. Goliath exposé sprinkled with humor in a Michael Moore style.
When the United Nations was founded more than sixty years ago, it embodied our hope for a safer, more peaceful world. But as reports of human rights violations and international conflicts make daily headlines, a question arises: Is the United Nations living up to its founding ideals?
The answer is a resounding no.
In a film that exposes the incompetence and corruption at the heart of the United Nations, filmmakers Ami Horowitz and Matthew Groff show how an organization created to ennoble mankind now actually enables evil and sows global chaos. U.N. Me takes us on a harrowing and humorous tour of the U.N.’s scandalous disregard for the people and principles it was founded to defend.