This chilling and provocative fake family film is presented in segments from The Blair Witch Project, telling the stories of three dissidents and their plans to carry out revolutionary actions in the film. Will Knightley (Keira's father) plays a guerrilla who kidnaps and tortures a cabinet minister. Tony Bic â t and screenwriter Howard Brenton directly explored the consequences and common choices of political violence. In its semi nihilistic attack on bourgeois values, the former punk is a powerful force.