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- 2017
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- Movies That Matter
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- 2017
- TV-14
- Movies That Matter
- 1 h 26 m
Summary A River Below captures the Amazon in all its complexity as it examines the actions of environmental activists using the media in an age where truth is a relative term.
Directed By: Mark Grieco
- 2017
- TV-14
- Movies That Matter
- 1 h 26 m
- 2017
- TV-14
- Movies That Matter
- 1 h 26 m
A River Below
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Summary A River Below captures the Amazon in all its complexity as it examines the actions of environmental activists using the media in an age where truth is a relative term.
Directed By: Mark Grieco
Where to Watch
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Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
81
100% Positive
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
0% Mixed
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0% Negative
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The intoxicating A River Below contains elements of immersive nature documentaries and shocking wildlife exposes (like Blackfish and The Cove), but director Mark Grieco’s profile of two driven conservationists tells a more slippery tale.
Director Mark Grieco grabs our attention by going beyond the obvious. Exploring the consequences of well-intentioned actions and providing a sense of the much bigger picture transforms A River Below into an unexpectedly compelling proposition.
Vividly photographed by René Diaz and adroitly edited by Dan Swietlik, A River Below skillfully — and quite compellingly — navigates the murky complexities of contemporary reality filmmaking.
The truth turns into a tangled mess in A River Below, a bold and urgent documentary whose seemingly straightforward story quickly runs awry.
Unintentionally timely, A River Below may be read as a Trump-era document, a tale of environmentalists versus local industry.
In the stories of both men, Grieco’s film highlights the double-edged nature of eye-opening visuals, which are just as apt to enrage others and endanger the messenger as they are to achieve noble ends.
A River Below is pure investigative journalism.
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Production Company
Sandarba
Release Date Nov 3, 2017
Duration 1 h 26 m
Rating TV-14
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Awards
Sheffield International Documentary Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Zurich Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Key West Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
