Faces Of - The Enemy

Text: Look closer at the face you despise. You will find fear—the same shape as yours. You will find a childhood—different clothes, same scraped knees. You will find a heartbeat.

VO: But here is the uncomfortable geometry of conflict: When you look into the face of the enemy, you are looking into a mirror made of scar tissue. They are afraid of you, too. Faces Of The Enemy

Visual Concept: Split screen images. Left side: A scary, stereotypical “enemy” (e.g., a soldier with a mask, a protestor, a CEO). Right side: The same person eating dinner with their family, crying, or sleeping. Text: Look closer at the face you despise

The enemy cannot have a name. They cannot have a child’s birthday party. They cannot have a favorite song. They must become a symbol. You will find a heartbeat

VO: We are trained to remove their face. We put a label over it. Radical. Terrorist. Fascist. Snowflake. Once the label sticks, the face disappears.