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Witness

  • TV Mini Series
  • 2012– 2012–
  • 4h
IMDb RATING
7.8/10
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Witness (2012)
Witness: South Sudan
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DocumentaryCrime
Drug trafficking, poverty, gang violence, corruption and ethnic warfare have created some of the most dangerous hot spots on Earth. Witness follows our current generation of photojournalists... Read allDrug trafficking, poverty, gang violence, corruption and ethnic warfare have created some of the most dangerous hot spots on Earth. Witness follows our current generation of photojournalists into these conflict zones in Mexico, Libya, Brazil and South Sudan. In the four-part seri... Read allDrug trafficking, poverty, gang violence, corruption and ethnic warfare have created some of the most dangerous hot spots on Earth. Witness follows our current generation of photojournalists into these conflict zones in Mexico, Libya, Brazil and South Sudan. In the four-part series, war photographers carry us into the heart of the human drama of the people in the acti... Read all
IMDb RATING
7.8/10
267
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  • Stars
    • Eros Hoagland
    • Charles Bowden
    • Khalifa Hifter
  • Stars
    • Eros Hoagland
    • Charles Bowden
    • Khalifa Hifter
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    Eros Hoagland
    • Self - Photojournalist
    Charles Bowden
    Charles Bowden
    • Self - Author, Murder City
    Khalifa Hifter
    • Self
    Salim Juha
    • Self
    Essam Al-Sabri
    • Self
    Faisal Al-Faituri
    • Self
    Mohammed Elwazzem
    • Self
    Guillermo Arias
    • Self - Photographer
    Osama Faturi
    • Self
    Ahmad Kara
    • Self
    Michael Christopher Brown
    • Self
    Seham Sergewa
    • Self
    Suliman Ali Zway
    • Self
    Veronique de Viguerie
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    Contrary to the other two user reviews, I found the series rather entertaining, albeit admittedly not as intense as I would have liked. They shed more light than, say, Ros Kemp's factual series on gangs, yet fall short of being hard hitting docos (La Vida Loca by Poveda, being one of the most insightful portray of gang culture, violence, and redemption).

    It is not my intention to debate whether or not the blurred narrators were actual gangsters, by the same manner I don't question whether the sicario in El Sicario was indeed a hit man. Real criminals don't jeopardize their lives by letting themselves filmed in broad daylight, so am fine with concealed identities.

    In addition, I would say the series is about war photographers, the way they witness the facts, which is not always the way they happen. they call it the world through their lenses for a reason. In the end, I think HBO opted for a more emotional approach rather than a factual one, yet offering first hand access into mostly uncharted territory. And contrary to what a user wrote, the South Sudan episode does show tribal scarring (7 minutes in). So much for accuracy.
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      • November 5, 2012 (United States)
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