Truth to Power

Name: Truth to Power
Released: February 19, 2021
Rating: 53

2021

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Oscilloscope | Release Date: February 19, 2021 | Not Rated

Summary: In 2001, the band System Of A Down partnered with music producer Rick Rubin to record their sophomore album. Against all odds, and during one of the most painful and precarious months in American history, the album Toxicity skyrocketed up the Billboard chart and catapulted to Number One. But just as System Of A Down achieved theirIn 2001, the band System Of A Down partnered with music producer Rick Rubin to record their sophomore album. Against all odds, and during one of the most painful and precarious months in American history, the album Toxicity skyrocketed up the Billboard chart and catapulted to Number One. But just as System Of A Down achieved their commercial triumph, in a post-9/11 world their politically-charged lyrics were suddenly the subject of scrutiny; they were thrust into headlines, and their songs were pulled off the radio. The band’s global fanbase saw in frontman Serj Tankian a spokesperson for their disillusionment. Tankian had always been outspoken and political, both on stage and off, but when he found his message inspiring a popular movement on the other side of the world, he began to realize that his music was more revolutionary than even he could imagine. … Expand

Director: Garin Hovannisian

Rating: Not Rated

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Kory Grow

Feb 19, 2021

The film is well-paced, tightly edited and engaging, and at times, it’s quite inspiring. Read full review

Matthew Monagle

Feb 17, 2021

Tankian has crafted a movie with an overt political ideology and cast himself as the well-intentioned face of a cultural revolution. But none of this takes away from the issues at the center of the film – public recognition of the Armenian genocide for one, the enduring challenges of democracy in post-Soviet countries for another – and the countless people who looked to Tankian and System of a Down to help spread their stories across the world. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

Feb 22, 2021

Despite his dabbling in many indulgences, Serj Tankian doesn’t come off as shallow or particularly superficial here. But this documentary almost does. Read full review

IndieWire Christian Blauvelt

Mar 16, 2021

Truth to Power is a promotional film, not a work of journalism. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Simon Abrams

Feb 19, 2021

Hovannisian's documentary would be much more convincing if he picked a single aspect of Tankian’s activism—or composing, or personality—and considered it in greater detail. Read full review

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