Documented

Name: Documented
Genre: Biography, Family, Documentary, News
Released: May 2, 2014
Duration: 89 min
Rating: 61

2014

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CNN Films | Release Date: May 2, 2014 | Not Rated

Summary: In 2011, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas outed himself as an undocumented immigrant in an essay published in the New York Times Magazine. Documented chronicles his journey to America from the Philippines as a child; his journey through America as an immigration reform activist; and his journey inward as he re-connectsIn 2011, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas outed himself as an undocumented immigrant in an essay published in the New York Times Magazine. Documented chronicles his journey to America from the Philippines as a child; his journey through America as an immigration reform activist; and his journey inward as he re-connects with his mother, whom he hasn't seen in person in over 20 years.… Expand

Director: Ann Raffaela Lupo and Jose Antonio Vargas

Genre(s): Biography, Family, Documentary, News

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 89 min

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Michael O'Sullivan

May 29, 2014

As agenda-driven as Documented is, it also is a deeply engrossing self-portrait. Read full review

Noah Berlatsky

Apr 30, 2014

The autobiography and the politics don’t always fit together perfectly. Vargas has been extremely successful in his profession by any standard, and that success can tend to push him into the foreground to such an extent that the collective issues he’s talking about get erased. Vargas is aware of this, and works against it to some degree. Read full review

Daphne Howland

Apr 22, 2014

Vargas lingers for long stretches over his personal story and his complicated relationship with his mother, still in the Philippines -- a place he dare not visit for fear of being unable to return. But his story is a vivid illustration of the pickle we're in. Read full review

Frank Scheck

May 1, 2014

Advocacy filmmaking that also manages to succeed in pulling heartstrings. Read full review

Nicolas Rapold

May 1, 2014

His strategy is political — in a meaningful way — but not cinematic. Read full review

Randy Cordova

May 8, 2014

Documented is obviously a bit of advocacy filmmaking, which is fine, but most of the time it's not compelling enough to reach beyond the converted. Read full review

Martin Tsai

May 8, 2014

The film blurs lines between documentary, reality television and "Candid Camera," with Vargas instigating the proceedings. Read full review

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