A River Below

Name: A River Below
Genre: Documentary
Released: November 3, 2017
Duration: 86 min
Rating: 81
Cast: Fernando Trujillo, Richard Rasmussen

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| Release Date: November 3, 2017 | Not Rated

Starring: Fernando Trujillo, Richard Rasmussen

Summary: A River Below captures the Amazon in all its complexity as it examines the actions of environmental activists using the media in an age where truth is a relative term.

Director: Mark Grieco

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 86 min

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Serena Donadoni

Nov 2, 2017

The intoxicating A River Below contains elements of immersive nature documentaries and shocking wildlife exposes (like Blackfish and The Cove), but director Mark Grieco’s profile of two driven conservationists tells a more slippery tale. Read full review

Allan Hunter

Nov 2, 2017

Director Mark Grieco grabs our attention by going beyond the obvious. Exploring the consequences of well-intentioned actions and providing a sense of the much bigger picture transforms A River Below into an unexpectedly compelling proposition. Read full review

Ken Jaworowski

Nov 2, 2017

The truth turns into a tangled mess in A River Below, a bold and urgent documentary whose seemingly straightforward story quickly runs awry. Read full review

Michael Rechtshaffen

Nov 2, 2017

Vividly photographed by René Diaz and adroitly edited by Dan Swietlik, A River Below skillfully — and quite compellingly — navigates the murky complexities of contemporary reality filmmaking. Read full review

The Film Stage John Fink

Nov 2, 2017

Unintentionally timely, A River Below may be read as a Trump-era document, a tale of environmentalists versus local industry. Read full review

Jacob Oller

Nov 2, 2017

A River Below is pure investigative journalism. Read full review

Nick Schager

Nov 2, 2017

In the stories of both men, Grieco’s film highlights the double-edged nature of eye-opening visuals, which are just as apt to enrage others and endanger the messenger as they are to achieve noble ends. Read full review

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