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Nearly a decade after waging war with New Line Cinema over the final cut of American History X (1998), British filmmaker Tony Kaye returns with Lake of Fire, his electrifying documentary about the most bitterly divisive issue in contemporary American society: abortion. A monumental achievement, 17 years in the making and financed by Kaye himself, Lake of Fire reveals Kaye to be a far more thoughtful and mature filmmaker than his loose cannon public persona suggests.

Kaye has stated that he wanted "to make a film that was unbiased and that enthusiastically investigated both sides of the coin." And to a great extent, he succeeds brilliantly in Lake of Fire, which gives fairly equal time to adamant pro-life and pro-choice advocates spanning the political and religious spectrum.

interviews with them and others against footage of the ideological, and sometimes literal, battle over abortion as it rages in the streets, churches, courtrooms, and political parties, Kaye creates an indelible portrait of America in the thick of the cultural war.