Protagonist (2007)

Directed by

Jessica Yu

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

R

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 10 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary interviews four men with very different lives: a terrorist, an ex-gay evangelist, a bank robber, and a martial arts enthusiast. It connects their personal stories to the structure of ancient Greek plays by Euripides.

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What happens

Protagonist is a 2007 American documentary film about the parallels between human life and Euripidean dramatic structure. The film was written and directed by Jessica Yu. It featured extensive interviews with terrorist Hans-Joachim Klein, ex-gay Christian evangelist Mark Pierpont, bank-robber Joe Loya, and martial-arts enthusiast Mark Salzman (the director's husband). Interspersed with the interviews are scenes from ancient Greek drama performed by puppets and narrated by Marina Sirtis and Chris Diamantopoulos. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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