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This documentary is intimate with the cartoonists and thinkers of Charlie Hebdo. It talks of what happened before, during and after the attack that took the life of half the staff, interviewing the remaining staff, describing whom each one was and what was their crusade.

What happens when the world supports your fight, criticize you, or forgets about you because the news has moved on? The documentary does a great job at remembering what is the meaning of "Je suis charlie", and reminds you to keep in your heart the rebellious flame that is the cornerstone of democracy.

Whether it is Watergate, whistle-blowing corruption, we owe those someones who risk their welfare to open our eyes. So thank you guys for being irreverential clowns.

The cast comprises a lot of handicapped children (think Handicap International's effort on land mines prosthesis) that must have been cast from the street. That gives the film its genuine feel. These kids have probably gone through the actual suffering this film describes.

That reminds me of another great film: Salaam Bombay, which was filmed in the red light district of Bombay, with kids from the streets, describing their misery. Even though their acting was great, I saw a documentary of what they had become, and the lead kid never really made it big, living in poverty. Sad.

These kinds of movies should be shown to western world kids, so they realize how sheltered they are.