A Town Called Victoria

This was a superb investigative documentary of the deliberate burning of a mosque in the town of Victoria, Texas.

We view the town and its attitude to the mosque from many different perspectives. There is a long history of racial prejudice - of Black, of Hispanics, and now of Muslim people. It is also a town imbued with a strong conservative mentality,

Another strength of this documentary is its focus on the personal. We see how this hateful act affected the people who worked to build up and attend this mosque over the years. And also those in the community who were genuinely shocked and showed great empathy to the Muslim community. This gave a very positive aspect to the film. Also, the fact that there was an investigation and a trial for justice of those who made the fire, helps this community to rebuild itself - hopefully to be better and more understanding.