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2020
Not Rated
Kimstim Films
1 h 46 m

2020
Not Rated
Kimstim Films
1 h 46 m

Summary Yung Chang’s This Is Not a Movie captures Fisk in action—feet on the ground, notebook in hand, as he travels into landscapes devastated by war, ferreting out the facts and firing reports back home to reach an audience of millions. The process of translating raw experience into incisive and passionate dispatches requires the determinatio...

Directed By: Yung Chang

Written By: Nelofer Pazira, Yung Chang

2020
Not Rated
Kimstim Films
1 h 46 m

2020
Not Rated
Kimstim Films
1 h 46 m

This Is Not a Movie

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews

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Summary Yung Chang’s This Is Not a Movie captures Fisk in action—feet on the ground, notebook in hand, as he travels into landscapes devastated by war, ferreting out the facts and firing reports back home to reach an audience of millions. The process of translating raw experience into incisive and passionate dispatches requires the determinatio...

Directed By: Yung Chang

Written By: Nelofer Pazira, Yung Chang

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Robert Fisk

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Amira Hass

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Nirmeen Hazineh

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Sulieman Khatib

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Antony Loewenstein

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Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews

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Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews

89% Positive
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11% Mixed
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Austin Chronicle

Oct 15, 2020

It proves that value of the journalist as record keeper of horrors.

By Richard Whittaker FULL REVIEW

Jun 11, 2020

As the movie travels from country to country over Fisk's career, it's not always easy to follow the chronology. But overall, Mike Munn's editing is astute, covering decades of work and complex multi-party conflicts with as much clarity as could be reasonably hoped for.

By Liam Lacey FULL REVIEW

Jun 11, 2020

What sets Robert Fisk apart from the rest is he’s on the ground and in the middle of the action. He is amazingly able to travel (sometimes) to both sides of a conflict and personally eyewitness the event from both perspectives. This is the heart of This is Not a Movie.

By Alan Ng FULL REVIEW

Oct 13, 2020

The documentary adroitly demonstrates that Robert Fisk is still motivated by the boyish curiosity that drew him to journalism.

By Mark Jenkins FULL REVIEW

The Globe and Mail (Toronto)

Jun 11, 2020

If Yung, who made the Genie Award-winning Up the Yangtze, comes off as too deferential toward Fisk, he does acknowledge the controversial nature of his subject, noting how Fisk is regularly proclaimed to be a pawn of the different sides of whatever conflict he is covering.

Jun 11, 2020

Where Fisk follows a lead, uncovers details, and logically extrapolates what probably happened, cable news takes his hypothesis, makes it sacrosanct, and does more damage than good.

By Jared Mobarak FULL REVIEW

Jun 11, 2020

After a lifetime reporting on conflict, Fisk reflects on the capacity of human beings to cause chaos on such a scale. Is there something deep in our souls that permits it because it feels natural? His painful, deeply serious question about the inevitability of war sets the tone of this documentary about his career.

By Cath Clarke FULL REVIEW

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Production Company National Film Board of Canada (NFB), Sutor Kolonko, TINAM

Release Date Oct 16, 2020

Duration 1 h 46 m

Rating Not Rated

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Website https://mediaspace.nfb.ca/epk/this-is-not-a-movie/

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Awards

Documentary Edge Festival

• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

Toronto International Film Festival

• 1 Nomination

Hong Kong International Film Festival

• 1 Nomination

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