While We Watched

Name: While We Watched
Genre: Biography, Documentary, News
Released: July 21, 2023
Duration: 94 min
Rating: 68
Cast: Deepak Chaubey, Ravish Kumar, Saurabh Shukla, Sushil Bahuguna, Sushil Mohapatra

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MetFilm Distribution | Release Date: July 21, 2023 | Not Rated

Starring: Deepak Chaubey, Ravish Kumar, Saurabh Shukla, Sushil Bahuguna, Sushil Mohapatra, Swarolipi Sengupta

Summary: The documentary While We Watched is a turbulent newsroom drama intimately chronicling the working days of broadcast journalist Ravish Kumar as he navigates a spiraling world of truth and disinformation. As factual reporting is in free fall, globally While We Watched is a dignified lens into the abyss.

Director: Vinay Shukla

Genre(s): Biography, Documentary, News

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 94 min

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Empire Olly Richards

Jul 20, 2023

A gripping, moving, sometimes frustrating portrait of a man consumed by a need to speak up, even as he wonders if anybody’s watching. Read full review

The Observer (UK) Wendy Ide

Jul 20, 2023

This is tense, essential film-making that argues for the importance of serious, balanced journalism in today’s world of factional infotainment, while also showing the cost to those who stand against the tide. Read full review

Devika Girish

Jul 20, 2023

The documentary is less an inspiring tale than a sobering wake-up call. Read full review

John Anderson

Aug 31, 2023

He may not be the most charismatic news anchor in the history of TV but Mr. Kumar has nerve, arguing with bellicose callers, singing to them while they rant (and promise to kill him) and sometimes getting them to sing along. As captured by Mr. Shukla, he also works tirelessly on behalf of something that you suspect wouldn’t be quite so despised if it weren’t also the truth. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Robert Daniels

Jul 21, 2023

While We Watched is an urgent interrogation of the state of journalism today. And yet, while important, it’s unclear what this has to say that hasn’t already been said. Read full review

The Guardian Peter Bradshaw

Jul 20, 2023

It’s a valuable view on how easy it is for the news media to become sycophantic mouthpieces for the right. Read full review

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