A key argument made in “A Force More Powerful” is that nonviolent protest is an effective method for motivating social and political change. The documentary provides three case studies as historical instances where nonviolent protest has met with high levels of success. One of the filmmakers' main objectives is to investigate the non-violent aspects of popular uprisings that have previously been underappreciated in terms of their contribution to a larger conflict. The examples taken as case studies all concern groups marginalized for racial, colonial and economic reasons. The histories of the conflicts from which the case studies arise are provided only briefly, with a focus on the groups that prove themselves oppressed by their respective states and government institutions. Throughout the film, more emphasis is placed on the effects of conflicting actions taken by particular individuals and their nonviolent groups of dissident citizens than on the overall outcome of the struggle. The role played by violent groups in these same struggles is completely ignored by “A Force More Powerful” or shown in an extremely negative light. For example, the film suggests that Nelson Mandela's continued support for violence as a political weapon is foolishly stubborn. Obviously an emphasis is placed on the conditional release that the president was willing to grant Mandela if he stopped supporting the violent actions of anti-government groups. This information is paired with comments about spontaneous outbursts of violence that the filmmakers say threaten to jeopardize the movement, although it is unclear to the audience whether it is just the nonviolent method that is under threat or the entire anti-apartheid movement. insta...... half of the document ......can the civil rights movement and Mkhuseli Jack community boycott the implementation of egalitarian policy in South Africa. If we deduce that each of these cases serves to demonstrate the hypothesis advanced by the creators, it follows that the comparative design used is that of Most Different Systems (MDS). MSS is eliminated, since that method can be identified by case studies that have opposite outcomes, and in these films all cases are shown to have success and similar y variables. The validity of the comparison made can, however, be questioned. “…in an MDS project, the researcher is attempting to demonstrate that the relationship between presumed independent variables and a dependent variable holds across a wide variety of highly divergent contexts”¹. Although the variables researched and investigated can be considered congruent.