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Ed Watters 00:00

There'sno better way to close out a season than with a great call to action. To make abetter world, it takes action. Our guest today is Desh Amila. And we talk abouthis fantastic documentaries. Now, more than ever, we need courageous men andwomen to stand up. We need people to talk; we need communication. Our world canfeel like it's falling apart around us. But all it takes is for people toeducate themselves. With the great documentaries that Desh and his team puttogether, they illustrate how important it really is to remember history. Andmore important, how to challenge yourself to understand what is truth. Let'snot waste any more time and get into this great episode to finish off thisfabulous season. And I can't wait for next season. Let's get into this. To overcome, you must educate. Educate notonly yourself but educate anyone seeking to learn. We are all Dead America. Wecan all learn something. To learn. We must challenge what we alreadyunderstand. The way we do that is through conversation. Sometimes we haveconversations with others. However, some of the best conversations happen withourselves. Reach Out and challenge yourself. Let's dive in and learn somethingright now. Today we have Desh Amila with us. He is a documentary filmmaker, andhe is a passionate advocate for change. Desh, could you please introduceyourself and let people know just a little bit about who you are and how yougot to where you are today.

Desh Amila 03:47

Thankyou for having me. I am, as you mentioned, a documentary filmmaker. I'm also anentrepreneur, and I migrated to Beston, Australia. I migrated to Australia justover 20 years ago from a country called Sri Lanka. Some of your listeners mayknow the country. My journey has largely shaped me during my time in Sri Lanka,which was 1981. My birth year was the beginning of a civil war. So I've onlyknown my country as a country of Civil War, which lasted 28 years. So I'vemoved to Australia in about 2000. And since then, I have been involved in thevarious number of things. My education was in filmmaking. But around 2010, Istarted getting involved with intellectual events. So I've been running eventsfor a very long time, and I had the luxury of working with Some of the greatestminds in the world. And it's always been my dream eventually to start makingfilms. In 2019, early 2019, late 2018, I released my first film, Islam and thefuture of tolerance, featuring Sam Harris and Maajid Nawaz. And I have a newmovie called Better Left Unsaid, which is scheduled to come out in March thisyear.

Ed Watters 05:32

Well, both of those are very gooddocumentaries. And I...