The Conspiracy

<p><img alt="Laurel icon denoting the film is in competition for a Jury Prize." border="0" src="https://data.ajff.org/sites/default/files/2023-01/laurel_2023_JuryPrize_01.png" style="width:20%; max-width:20%; margin-left:10px; float:right;" />Like a sinister detective story, this distinctive docu-animation spans epochs of perilous paranoia to connect the dots of history’s oldest conspiracy theory: a secret cabal of Jews controls the world. The ordeals of three prominent scapegoats—German financier Max Warburg, Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky, and French soldier Alfred Dreyfus—reveal the evolution of Jewish demonization over time. Motion-capture performance and archival materials envisage how this hate-filled ideology festered and led to brutal violence. As anti-Jewish hostility increasingly filters into today’s mainstream, this chilling probe could not be timelier. Featuring music by Klezmatics cofounder Frank London, and the voice talents of Mayim Bialik, Liev Schreiber, Jason Alexander, and others.</p>