Blind Trust: Leaders and Followers in Times of Crisis

Synopsis

BLIND TRUST celebrates the life and work of Nobel Peace Prize nominee Vamik Volkanis, a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who has spent a lifetime bringing enemy groups together for dialogue in traumatized regions of the globe. The film recounts Volkan's journey in unofficial diplomacy working in the Middle East, Estonia, the former Yugoslavia and the Republic of Georgia. The story dramatizes the new vocabulary he created for understanding large group psychology.