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An Eye for an Eye a story of "revenge, change and forgiveness" is a 2016 documentary film, directed by filmmaker Ilan Ziv. The protagonists are Mark Stroman, Rais Bhuiyan and Ilan Ziv. The film is a chronicle of Stroman's path from revenge killer to being forgiven by a victim as he waits on Texas's Death Row. The film opened on October 28, 2016 in the USA and Canada.

Plot
In the weeks following 9/11, dozens of attacks against Muslims, Sikhs and other minorities were reported across America. Among the perpetrators was white-supremacist rage fully triggered Mark Stroman, who began “hunting Arabs,” as he described his nightly prowling. He set targets on anyone he thought came from the Middle East. His victims happened to be immigrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh and India. He killed two and partially blinded a young man from Bangladesh. He was arrested, convicted and sentenced to Death.

In the weeks before in impending execution, his only surviving victim became his biggest advocate – Rais Bhuiyan, a devout and recenlty half-blind Muslim. He began a campaign to spare Mark's life in the name of Islam and its notion of mercy, becoming one of the most vocal campaigners against his Stroman's execution.

With in-depth interviews, the film follows Stroman's story through to his execution. Central to the film is the bond that developed between Stroman and the Israeli-born filmmaker Ilan Ziv paints the killer as a man damaged by an ugly upbringing.

About the Director
Ilan Ziv, born in Israel in 1950, came to the United States after fighting in the Yorn Kippur War in 1973. [3] He graduated from the New York University film school. In 1978 coproduced New York's first ever Middle East Film Festival and founded Icarus Distribution Company which he then left in 1980 in order to devote more of his time to making documentary films. Since then, he has directed multiple documentaries dealing mainly with the issues of human rights. Some of his past film include Capitalism, Exile A Myth Unearthed, Jesus Politics: The Bible and the Ballot, and many more.

Ziv became interested in the "twisted manifesto of hate" and saw Stroman's acts not as action of hate -- but actions of war. He planned on interviewing Stroman and in 2004, it became a reality. Immediately upon meeting him, Ziv knew that Stroman was not the White Supremacist that he was expecting, but saw him as a friend.

Reviews
With scoring only a 6.1 out of 10 on IMDb and a 67% on Rotten Tomatoes, Film Journal International states"An Eye for an Eye, tough to take as it is -- with nigh unbearable-to-listen-to audiotapes of the murder being committed -- turns out to be one of the most searinlgy honest and moving depictions of redemption and the power of forgiveness ever made. The Hollywood Reporter says "as our encounters with him continue, it becomes clearer that Stroman -- whose early life is nearly guaranteed problems ahead -- evolved dramatically behind bars, and that his remorse for his crimes is sincere". Los Angeles Times says "the rehabilitative power of forgiveness [throughout the film] is thought-provokingly explored". The Globe and Mail (Toronto) says it was "a well-layered film" that makes "a fascinating case for forgiveness and a sharp rebuke of Bible-taught eye-for-an-eye revenge".