Tavis Smiley

Jimmy Carter Man from Plains -- President Jimmy Carter ignites a firestorm of controversy when he tours the country to promote 'Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid,' a new book that questions Israel's policies towards the Occupied Territories. Directed by Academy Award(r)-winner Jonathan Demme (The Silence of the Lambs Best Director, 1991; Philadelphia, 1993).

Embarking on a national publicity tour to promote his new book, "Palestine Peace Not Apartheid," former US president Jimmy Carter ignites an international firestorm of controversy when he argues that only Israel's complete withdrawal from the occupied territories can bring lasting peace to the Middle East. Intimate, informative and altogether engrossing, Jimmy Carter Man from Plains is a candid portrait of a Nobel Prize-winning humanitarian and statesman whose compassion and steadfast sense of justice remains undiminished by time. Directed by Academy Award(r)-winner Jonathan Demme (The Silence of the Lambs Best Director, 1991; Philadelphia, 1993).

Director Jonathan Demme's intimate portrait of President Jimmy Carter as he undertakes a 2006 book tour presents a complicated, intelligent, and engaged humanitarian who has set a new standard for ex-presidents.

Director Jonathan Demme's intimate portrait of President Jimmy Carter as he undertakes a 2006 book tour presents a complicated, intelligent, and engaged humanitarian who has set a new standard for ex-presidents.

President Jimmy Carter ignites a firestorm of controversy when he tours the country to promote "Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid," a new book that questions Israel's policies towards the Occupied Territories. Directed by Academy Award(r)-winner Jonathan Demme (The Silence of the Lambs Best Director, 1991; Philadelphia, 1993).

President Jimmy Carter ignites a firestorm of controversy when he tours the country to promote "Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid," a new book that questions Israel's policies towards the Occupied Territories.