A real-life thriller, (T)ERROR is the first documentary to place filmmakers on the ground during a live FBI counterterrorism sting operation of a suspected jihadist. With unprecedented access to an active informant – Saeed "Shariff" Torres, a 63 year old former Black Panther – viewers get an unfettered glimpse of the government's counterterrorism tactics and the murky justifications behind them. (T)ERROR illuminates the fragile relationships between individual and surveillance state in modern America, and asks – who is watching the watchers?

PARTICIPANTS

Introduction:
Beth Dembitzer
Curator, Social Cinema@New America
@bethdembitzer

Participants:
David Felix Sutcliffe
Co-director, (T)ERROR
@davidfsutcliffe

Faisal Hashmi
Former member, Muslim Justice Initiative

Ali Karim
Director of Security, Masjid At Taqwa

Mike German
Fellow, Liberty and National Security Program, Brennan Center for Justice