Welcome to Leith

Name: Welcome to Leith
Genre: Thriller, Documentary
Released: September 9, 2015
Duration: 85 min
Rating: 78

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First Run Features | Release Date: September 9, 2015 | Not Rated

Summary: Welcome to Leith chronicles the attempted takeover of a small town in North Dakota by notorious white supremacist Craig Cobb. As his behavior becomes more threatening, tensions soar, and the residents desperately look for ways to expel their unwanted neighbor. With incredible access to both longtime residents of Leith and whiteWelcome to Leith chronicles the attempted takeover of a small town in North Dakota by notorious white supremacist Craig Cobb. As his behavior becomes more threatening, tensions soar, and the residents desperately look for ways to expel their unwanted neighbor. With incredible access to both longtime residents of Leith and white supremacists, the film examines a small community in the plains struggling for sovereignty against an extremist vision. [First Run Features]… Expand

Director: Christopher K. Walker and Michael Beach Nichols

Genre(s): Thriller, Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 85 min

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Martin Tsai

Nov 5, 2015

This cautionary tale couldn't be more timely or essential. Read full review

Peter Keough

Nov 4, 2015

Like another documentary set in North Dakota, Jesse Moss’s “The Overnighters,” they follow the story for months as it unfolds, offering no editorial guidance except dates and places and a soundtrack by T. Griffith that underscores the growing angst and pending horror. Welcome to Leith. Say goodbye to certitude. Read full review

Dennis Harvey

Aug 28, 2015

The conflict between different notions of freedom, law-enforcement problems, and an atmosphere of escalating violent threat make Michael Beach Nichols and Christopher K. Walker’s documentary as engrossing as a fictional thriller. Read full review

Frank Scheck

Sep 9, 2015

Grippingly depicting the ensuing tensions that constantly threaten to spill over into violence — even while raising discomfiting questions about the scope of First Amendment rights — the film is a nail-biter from start to finish. Read full review

The Playlist Kate Erbland

Aug 28, 2015

At its heart, Welcome to Leith is about change and how toxic decisions and beliefs can irreparably ruin bystanders’ lives. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Brian Tallerico

Sep 8, 2015

It's easy to make a documentary about hateful people. It's harder to focus on the impact of hateful people on those around them. Read full review

Time Out London Tom Huddleston

Feb 9, 2016

What Welcome to Leith does very well is dig deep and expose Cobb – and by extension the entire American neo-Nazi movement – as weak, confused and desperate, using a dying ideology as a way to feel less alone in the world. Read full review

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EpicLadySponge

Jun 8, 2016

Welcome to Leith, a movie worth welcoming and then when it ends, say bye to it when the credits roll by. Want to go back to Leith? Watch it again! Simple, yet complicated to newbags.

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