With a baby on the way & a need to make the world safe for infant-kind, an unassuming film-maker from West Virginia employs his complete lack of experience, knowledge & expertise to find the most wanted & dangerous man on earth.
Beginning his epic quest in New York City, he zigzags the globe in search of the bearded man: to Britain, France, Egypt, Morocco, Israel, Palestine, Saudi Arabia & Afghanistan, drawing ever closer to the heart of darkness in the tribal regions of Pakistan. Along the way he interviews experts & imams, breaks the Ramadan fast with Muslim families, identifies the surprising similarities between Osama bin Laden & Keyser Soze, helps disarm bombs with an Israeli squad, accompanies the British & US Armies in Afghanistan, & much, much more.. . all in an attempt to understand the Muslim world & the roots of the conflict overshadowing the globe today.
He emerges with a much deeper knowledge of the world into which his child will be born, & of the roots of fundamentalism & the