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  • 2014
  • CNN Films
  • 1 h 29 m
  • 2014
  • CNN Films
  • 1 h 29 m

Summary In 2011, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas outed himself as an undocumented immigrant in an essay published in the New York Times Magazine. Documented chronicles his journey to America from the Philippines as a child; his journey through America as an immigration reform activist; and his journey inward as he re-connec...

Directed By: Jose Antonio Vargas, Ann Lupo

Written By: Jose Antonio Vargas

  • 2014
  • CNN Films
  • 1 h 29 m
  • 2014
  • CNN Films
  • 1 h 29 m

Documented

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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Summary In 2011, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas outed himself as an undocumented immigrant in an essay published in the New York Times Magazine. Documented chronicles his journey to America from the Philippines as a child; his journey through America as an immigration reform activist; and his journey inward as he re-connec...

Directed By: Jose Antonio Vargas, Ann Lupo

Written By: Jose Antonio Vargas

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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Generally Favorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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43% Mixed
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May 29, 2014
As agenda-driven as Documented is, it also is a deeply engrossing self-portrait.
By Michael O'Sullivan FULL REVIEW
70
May 1, 2014
Advocacy filmmaking that also manages to succeed in pulling heartstrings.
By Frank Scheck FULL REVIEW
70
Apr 30, 2014
The autobiography and the politics don’t always fit together perfectly. Vargas has been extremely successful in his profession by any standard, and that success can tend to push him into the foreground to such an extent that the collective issues he’s talking about get erased. Vargas is aware of this, and works against it to some degree.
By Noah Berlatsky FULL REVIEW
70
Apr 22, 2014
Vargas lingers for long stretches over his personal story and his complicated relationship with his mother, still in the Philippines -- a place he dare not visit for fear of being unable to return. But his story is a vivid illustration of the pickle we're in.
By Daphne Howland FULL REVIEW
50
May 8, 2014
Documented is obviously a bit of advocacy filmmaking, which is fine, but most of the time it's not compelling enough to reach beyond the converted.
By Randy Cordova FULL REVIEW
50
May 1, 2014
His strategy is political — in a meaningful way — but not cinematic.
By Nicolas Rapold FULL REVIEW
40
May 8, 2014
The film blurs lines between documentary, reality television and "Candid Camera," with Vargas instigating the proceedings.
By Martin Tsai FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Apo Productions, Janet Yang Productions
Release Date May 2, 2014
Duration 1 h 29 m
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Website https://www.facebook.com/documentedthefilm
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Awards

Hawaii International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
San Diego Asian Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
NAMIC Vision Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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