The Feeling of Being Watched

Name: The Feeling of Being Watched
Genre: Documentary
Released: June 21, 2019
Duration: 86 min
Rating: 79
Cast: Assia Boundaoui, Christina Abraham, Daniah Elharezi, Daron Hagen, Iman Boundaoui

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| Release Date: June 21, 2019 | Not Rated

Starring: Assia Boundaoui, Christina Abraham, Daniah Elharezi, Daron Hagen, Iman Boundaoui, Jen Marlowe, Monica Eva Foster, Nouha Boundaoui, Oussama Boundaoui, Rabia Boundaoui, Sohib Boundaoui

Summary: When journalist Assia Boundaoui investigates rumors of surveillance in her Arab-American neighborhood in Chicago, she uncovers one of the largest FBI terrorism probes conducted before 9/11 and reveals its enduring impact on the community.

Director: Assia Boundaoui

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 86 min

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The Playlist Chris Barsanti

Jun 20, 2019

Once the flood of heavily redacted documents starts flowing in, Boundaoui’s measured but righteous indignation bends toward what she calls the gray “dangerous place” between paranoia and the truth. Read full review

Kimber Myers

Jun 20, 2019

The Fear of Being Watched is focused and thorough, but it takes the time to place its events in a larger context. Read full review

Guy Lodge

Jun 20, 2019

Equal parts angry and anxious, Boundaoui’s smart, unsettling documentary functions both as a real-world conspiracy thriller and a personal reflection on the psychological strain of being made to feel an outsider in one’s own home. Read full review

Stephen Dalton

Jun 20, 2019

Examining the idea of paranoia as an engineered reaction, a tool of control that inhibits potential activism and self-expression, it's more than a lesson in living history. It's a powerful argument for how necessary it is to watch the watchers. Read full review

The Film Stage John Fink

Jun 20, 2019

The Feeling of Being Watched is an illuminating documentary told through an engaging first-person perspective through the eyes of someone who as a kid may have not seen the entire picture – and as an adult is now starting to put it together before our very eyes. Read full review

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