This Is Not a Movie

Name: This Is Not a Movie
Genre: Action, Biography, War, Documentary, News
Released: October 16, 2020
Duration: 106 min
Rating: 73
Cast: Amira Hass, Antony Loewenstein, Nirmeen Hazineh, Robert Fisk, Sulieman Khatib

2020

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Kimstim Films | Release Date (Streaming): October 16, 2020 | Not Rated

Starring: Amira Hass, Antony Loewenstein, Nirmeen Hazineh, Robert Fisk, Sulieman Khatib

Summary: Yung Chang’s This Is Not a Movie captures Fisk in action—feet on the ground, notebook in hand, as he travels into landscapes devastated by war, ferreting out the facts and firing reports back home to reach an audience of millions. The process of translating raw experience into incisive and passionate dispatches requires the determinationYung Chang’s This Is Not a Movie captures Fisk in action—feet on the ground, notebook in hand, as he travels into landscapes devastated by war, ferreting out the facts and firing reports back home to reach an audience of millions. The process of translating raw experience into incisive and passionate dispatches requires the determination to see things first-hand and the tenacity to say what others won’t. In his relentless pursuit of the facts, Fisk has attracted his share of controversy. But in spite of the danger, he has continued to cover stories as they unfold, talking directly to the people involved. In an era of fake news, when journalists are dubbed “the enemies of the people,” Fisk’s resolve to document reality has become an obsessive war to speak the truth. [KimStim]… Expand

Director: Yung Chang

Genre(s): Action, Biography, War, Documentary, News

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 106 min

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Richard Whittaker

Oct 15, 2020

It proves that value of the journalist as record keeper of horrors. Read full review

Liam Lacey

Jun 11, 2020

As the movie travels from country to country over Fisk's career, it's not always easy to follow the chronology. But overall, Mike Munn's editing is astute, covering decades of work and complex multi-party conflicts with as much clarity as could be reasonably hoped for. Read full review

Robert Abele

Oct 16, 2020

However one ultimately feels about Fisk’s reportorial compass, This Is Not a Movie presents a necessary, thought-provoking portrait of a dedicated truth-seeker. Read full review

Simon Houpt

Jun 11, 2020

If Yung, who made the Genie Award-winning Up the Yangtze, comes off as too deferential toward Fisk, he does acknowledge the controversial nature of his subject, noting how Fisk is regularly proclaimed to be a pawn of the different sides of whatever conflict he is covering. Read full review

Mark Jenkins

Oct 13, 2020

The documentary adroitly demonstrates that Robert Fisk is still motivated by the boyish curiosity that drew him to journalism. Read full review

Jordan Mintzer

Jun 11, 2020

A no-nonsense, soft-spoken chronicler of conflict, especially from the point of view of the victims, Fisk is the centerpiece of a film that can sometimes feel more laudatory than necessary, but provides a comprehensive portrait of a man who has become essential reading. Read full review

The Guardian Cath Clarke

Jun 11, 2020

After a lifetime reporting on conflict, Fisk reflects on the capacity of human beings to cause chaos on such a scale. Is there something deep in our souls that permits it because it feels natural? His painful, deeply serious question about the inevitability of war sets the tone of this documentary about his career. Read full review

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