Persons of Interest

Name: Persons of Interest
Genre: Documentary
Released: September 3, 2004
Duration: 63 min
Rating: 63

2004

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First Run Features | Release Date: September 3, 2004

Summary: After the September 11th terrorist attacks, more than 5,000 Arab or Muslim immigrants were taken into custody by the U.S. Justice Department and held indefinitely on the grounds of national security. Set in a bare room that functions variously as interrogation room, prison cell and home, this documentary consists of a series of intimateAfter the September 11th terrorist attacks, more than 5,000 Arab or Muslim immigrants were taken into custody by the U.S. Justice Department and held indefinitely on the grounds of national security. Set in a bare room that functions variously as interrogation room, prison cell and home, this documentary consists of a series of intimate encounters with twelve detainees and family members. (First Run / Icarus Films)… Expand

Director: Alison Maclean and Tobias Perse

Genre(s): Documentary

Runtime: 63 min

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David Sterritt

Not a great movie, but a valuable and revealing document. Read full review

Peter Travers

The callous inequity of what you see and hear will floor you. It can't happen here. But it did. It does. Read full review

Pete Vonder Harr

As a documentary, Persons of Interest could've benefited from further elaboration of the actual policies put in place, but as is it's still a disturbing, matter-of-fact look at the consequences of letting fear engineer such policy. Read full review

Lou Lumenick

Their often touching stories of how their lives - and livelihoods - were disrupted are effectively intercut with excerpts from press conferences in which Attorney General John Ashcroft. Read full review

Jack Mathews

In a clear case of substance over style, this stark, clumsy documentary tells the heart-breaking stories of a dozen law-abiding Muslim or Arab immigrants and visa workers. Read full review

Noel Murray

The absence of style can be numbing, but it serves a purpose, positioning the documentary as a public record, not a work of art. As such, the film is eye-opening. Read full review

Ned Martel

Before the film hits its halfway mark, the presentation feels like a frustrating day at an immigration legal clinic where you can never look at the dossier or get to the bottom of the case. Read full review

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LookMorris

May 22, 2016

This is for “person” of interest not "persons"

Would of been a great series but, the lefty leading man is a big Yawn!!
not enough sexual tension to keep me from recurrently falling asleep.

(the leading man wasn’t even a good sleeping pill)

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