Jarreth Merz Biography

Jarreth Merz is a filmmaker and actor (you may remember him in the role of Simon of Cyrene in The Passion of the Christ). As a director his work is rooted in observing life as it presents itself in all its complexities -- as shown in his latest documentary An African Election which follows the 2008 presidential elections in Ghana West Africa. Merz's stepfather a political player on Ghana helped him get access behind the scenes; then Jarretth and his cameraman brother Kevin followed the presidential candidates in the unpredictable months leading up to the final night. In chronicling the rough-and-tumble process of a democratic election the documentary becomes a meditation on the dream of democracy itself. The film screened in the World Documentary competition at Sundance earlier this year. Merz is now working on a “political safari” in Africa.

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