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  • 2014
  • Netflix
  • 1 h 28 m
  • 2014
  • Netflix
  • 1 h 28 m

Summary Anna, Ole, Fred and Peter are four members of the Emergencies Team — or E-Team — the most intrepid division of a respected, international human rights group. Trained to deal with unfolding crises, the E-Team flies to hotspots all over the world as soon as allegations of human rights abuse surface. Then they get to work — gathering crucia...

Directed By: Katy Chevigny, Ross Kauffman

Written By: David Teague, Katy Chevigny, Ross Kauffman

  • 2014
  • Netflix
  • 1 h 28 m
  • 2014
  • Netflix
  • 1 h 28 m

E-Team

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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Summary Anna, Ole, Fred and Peter are four members of the Emergencies Team — or E-Team — the most intrepid division of a respected, international human rights group. Trained to deal with unfolding crises, the E-Team flies to hotspots all over the world as soon as allegations of human rights abuse surface. Then they get to work — gathering crucia...

Directed By: Katy Chevigny, Ross Kauffman

Written By: David Teague, Katy Chevigny, Ross Kauffman

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
66
57% Positive
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43% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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57% Positive
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43% Mixed
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90
Oct 20, 2014
A dynamic and immersive piece of you-are-there verite.
By Rob Nelson FULL REVIEW
90
Oct 20, 2014
In this spellbinding story, filmmakers Katy Chevigny and Ross Kauffman thrust us into the red-alert lives of four E-Team members. It's a comprehensive portrayal of these people's personal and professional lives.
By Duane Byrge FULL REVIEW
80
Oct 23, 2014
Although their work involves interviewing eyewitnesses and gathering photographic evidence to build a case for violations of international law, the procedural stuff tells just half of E-Team's compelling story.
By Michael Rechtshaffen FULL REVIEW
75
Oct 23, 2014
Exciting, absorbing and stubbornly optimistic in the face of overwhelming devastation, E-Team will, with any luck, shed deserved light on the routine sacrifices these activists and professionals make for the sake of human values.
By Ann Hornaday FULL REVIEW
60
Oct 21, 2014
The emphasis on the team's daring amid mass chaos seems a bit off: This threatens to become yet another film about white Americans and Europeans telling the stories of Third World people. But the rest of the film does much to redeem that dubious trope.
By Steve Erickson FULL REVIEW
50
Oct 21, 2014
A documentary that purports to chronicle the sober and urgent work of those who ferret out human-rights abuses, but instead plays like a portrait of a rather glamorous marriage.
By Jeannette Catsoulis FULL REVIEW
50
Oct 20, 2014
There's edifying information in the documentary, but it's tainted by forced dramatic tactics.
By Clayton Dillard FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Big Mouth Productions
Release Date Oct 22, 2014
Duration 1 h 28 m
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Website http://www.eteamfilm.com/
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Awards

Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations
Sundance Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
News & Documentary Emmy Awards
• 2 Nominations

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