Paul Smaczny has accompanied the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra for five years. What has resulted is a must-see cinematic work of art
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 20/08/2005

Il faut regarder Knowledge Is The Beginning, le documentaire exceptionnel de Paul Smaczny...
Le Monde, 25/08/2006

This is not a simple feel-good story...Rather the film is almost an instruction manual of how much cultural good can be done in the worst of political times. …
The Boston Globe, 04/06/2007