BLIND TRUST is a fascinating documentary on the life and work of renowned psychoanalyst Vamik Volkan, nominated five times for the Nobel Peace Prize. The film delves into his experience in traumatized regions of the world, over forty years bringing enemy groups together for dialogue, in places such as The Middle East, Estonia, the former Yugoslavia and the Republic of Georgia. It also movingly recounts his own traumatic personal life story in his native (and divided) Cyprus. These complex contexts are deftly reconstructed with archival footage and his own personal photos. Volkan´s key insights into large group psychology, such as identity, shared trauma and the importance of collective mourning, are of fundamental importance to understanding intractable conflicts. “Large groups are often more primitive than individuals,” he tells us. In his work in schools in Estonia, the implications for the field of education are exemplified.