The Promise of Freedom
Directed by: Beth Murphy
Grant: I Believe in You Grant
THE PROMISE OF FREEDOM is a modern-day Oskar Schindler story that focuses on Kirk Johnson, a 27-year-old American aid worker fighting to save tens of thousands of Iraqis whose lives are in danger because they worked for the U.S. to help rebuild Iraq. After leading reconstruction teams for two years, Kirk returns home only to discover that many of his former Iraqi colleagues are being killed, kidnapped or forced into exile by radical militias. Frustrated by a stagnating government bureaucracy that has failed to protect these people, he begins compiling a list of the names of our “Iraqi allies” and helps them find refuge and a new life in America.