Faces Of The Enemy -

Text: History’s greatest violence happens after we remove the human face. We replace “them” with symbols: The Monster. The Pest. The Virus. Quote: “The first casualty of war is not truth, but faces.”

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. Faces Of The Enemy

Here is the radical proposition:

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. Text: History’s greatest violence happens after we remove

VO: Who is the enemy? Is it the person across the aisle? The voice on the other end of the missile? The stranger who voted against your survival? The Virus

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.