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  • 2021
  • Oscilloscope
  • 1 h 19 m
  • 2021
  • Oscilloscope
  • 1 h 19 m

Summary In 2001, the band System Of A Down partnered with music producer Rick Rubin to record their sophomore album. Against all odds, and during one of the most painful and precarious months in American history, the album Toxicity skyrocketed up the Billboard chart and catapulted to Number One. But just as System Of A Down achieved their commer...

  • 2021
  • Oscilloscope
  • 1 h 19 m
  • 2021
  • Oscilloscope
  • 1 h 19 m

Truth to Power

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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Summary In 2001, the band System Of A Down partnered with music producer Rick Rubin to record their sophomore album. Against all odds, and during one of the most painful and precarious months in American history, the album Toxicity skyrocketed up the Billboard chart and catapulted to Number One. But just as System Of A Down achieved their commer...

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 5 Critic Reviews
53
60% Positive
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20% Mixed
1 Review
20% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 5 Critic Reviews
53
60% Positive
3 Reviews
20% Mixed
1 Review
20% Negative
1 Review

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80
Feb 19, 2021
The film is well-paced, tightly edited and engaging, and at times, it’s quite inspiring.
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67
Feb 17, 2021
Tankian has crafted a movie with an overt political ideology and cast himself as the well-intentioned face of a cultural revolution. But none of this takes away from the issues at the center of the film – public recognition of the Armenian genocide for one, the enduring challenges of democracy in post-Soviet countries for another – and the countless people who looked to Tankian and System of a Down to help spread their stories across the world.
By Matthew Monagle FULL REVIEW
63
Feb 22, 2021
Despite his dabbling in many indulgences, Serj Tankian doesn’t come off as shallow or particularly superficial here. But this documentary almost does.
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW
50
Mar 16, 2021
Truth to Power is a promotional film, not a work of journalism.
By Christian Blauvelt FULL REVIEW
25
Feb 19, 2021
Hovannisian's documentary would be much more convincing if he picked a single aspect of Tankian’s activism—or composing, or personality—and considered it in greater detail.
By Simon Abrams FULL REVIEW

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Release Date Feb 19, 2021
Duration 1 h 19 m
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Tagline The revolutionary message of System of a Down's Serj Tankian.
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Awards

RusDocFilmFest
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Cinema for Peace Awards
• 1 Nomination

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