This Is Not a Movie: Robert Fisk and the Politics of Truth(2019)

🎬109 min
📅2019-09-06
🎭Documentary, History
⭐7.5/10

Overview

For more than forty years, British journalist Robert Fisk has reported on some of the most violent conflicts in the world, from Northern Ireland to the Middle East, always with his feet on the ground and a notebook in hand, travelling into landscapes devastated by war, ferreting out the facts and sending reports to the media he works for with the ambition of catching the interest of an audience of millions.

Production

Sutor Kolonko, Tinam, ONF | NFB, ZDF/Arte, VPRO

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Cast

Robert Fisk
as Self - Narrator / Journalist
Jihad Sultan
as Self - Military General
Tim Eddy
as Self - History Professor
Antranik Helvadjian
as Self - Bookstore Owner
Suheil Natour
as Self - Palestinian Official
Nirmeen Hazineh
as Self - Palestinian Woman
Tsoleen Sarian
as Self - Archivist
Finian Everard
as Self - Military Lieutenant
Vesna Almo
as Self - Serbian Fixer
Ifet Krnjić
as Self - Retired Weapons Seller

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