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  • 2015
  • NHK BS1
  • 1 h 24 m
  • 2015
  • NHK BS1
  • 1 h 24 m

Summary Saeed "Shariff" Torres, a counterterrorism informant for more than two decades, takes on what he swears is his last job for the FBI and invites filmmakers to follow his covert efforts to befriend a suspected jihadist - without informing his superiors. As surprising revelations emerge, not only about Torres’ past, but also about the incre...

Directed By: Lyric R. Cabral, David Felix Sutcliffe

Written By: Jonathan Oppenheim

  • 2015
  • NHK BS1
  • 1 h 24 m
  • 2015
  • NHK BS1
  • 1 h 24 m

(T)error

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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Summary Saeed "Shariff" Torres, a counterterrorism informant for more than two decades, takes on what he swears is his last job for the FBI and invites filmmakers to follow his covert efforts to befriend a suspected jihadist - without informing his superiors. As surprising revelations emerge, not only about Torres’ past, but also about the incre...

Directed By: Lyric R. Cabral, David Felix Sutcliffe

Written By: Jonathan Oppenheim

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Generally Favorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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Generally Favorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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25% Mixed
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100
Dec 22, 2015
A sympathetic but clear-eyed character study transforms into something more insidious, sobering and infuriating in (T)error, a superb documentary that personalises the US War on Terror in ways that make the human toll intimate and unmistakable.
By Tim Grierson FULL REVIEW
91
Oct 7, 2015
(T)error moves forward chronologically, and features enough astonishing twists to rival any episode of "Homeland."
By Noel Murray FULL REVIEW
80
Oct 26, 2015
For all of (T)error’s topicality and its thriller-like qualities, what makes the film is Sutcliffe and Cabral’s compact, complex portrait of Saeed — paranoid, chatty, mired in self-loathing, but also oddly reflective.
By Bilge Ebiri FULL REVIEW
75
Oct 5, 2015
It displays a staggering propensity for examining its unauthorized scenario without succumbing to either too insular or too general a set of assertions.
By Clayton Dillard FULL REVIEW
70
Dec 22, 2015
The filmmakers' access is remarkable, and they eventually compound the film's novelty in an exciting way (spoilers below). But claims that this film opens our eyes to unknown practices are exaggerated.
By John DeFore FULL REVIEW
60
Oct 6, 2015
Because of its shortcomings, (T)error serves as evidence of a broken system rather than an indictment of it. Yet such evidence is worrisome and points to a threat to civil rights.
By Ken Jaworowski FULL REVIEW
40
Oct 8, 2015
This information needs to be shown to the public, and some will be drawn to it regardless of its form. But as a well-crafted film, it has a long way to go.
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Production Company Stories Seldom Seen, Charlotte Street Films
Release Date Oct 7, 2015
Duration 1 h 24 m
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Website https://www.facebook.com/TERRORDocumentary
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Awards

Sundance Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Philadelphia Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
CPH:DOX
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

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