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E-Team

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Filmmakers Ross Kauffman and Katy Chevigny go to the front lines in Syria and Libya to document evidence of atrocities.
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Michael Rechtshaffen Los Angeles Times 10/23/2014
"E-Team" has a ripped-from-the-headlines immediacy as it takes the viewer on an intense ride-along with Human Rights Watch investigators. Go to Full Review
Ann Hornaday Washington Post 10/23/2014
3/4
Exciting, absorbing and stubbornly optimistic in the face of overwhelming devastation, "E-Team" will, with any luck, shed deserved light on the routine sacrifices these activists and professionals make for the sake of human values. Go to Full Review
Steve Erickson Village Voice 10/21/2014
This threatens to become yet another film about white Americans and Europeans telling the stories of Third World people. But the rest of the film does much to redeem that dubious trope ... Go to Full Review
C.J. Prince Way Too Indie 06/21/2019
There's a good documentary to be made about the work these people do; E-Team isn't it. Go to Full Review
Di Golding Dear Cast and Crew 12/11/2018
4/5
Instead of playing on my Western, middle-class guilt, E-Team shows their subjects living similarly comfortable lives, nary a hair-shirt in sight. It's this lack of moralizing that gives the film gravitas. Go to Full Review
Hannah Ryan Screen Queens 08/24/2018
... ultimately, the most captivating aspects of E-Team ; as they allow us to delve into both the overwhelming good and the unthinkable evil that humanity is capable of. Go to Full Review
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11/09/2021 Interesting story! Wished there were more points of view of other human rights reporters See more georgan g 03/11/2021 What a thrill watching these dedicated people going into violent areas to help get the facts out to the world! See more 10/13/2020 Awful. Overly-dramatised, self-indulgent and clearly more interested in the 'E Team' personalities than the people and stories in Syria they profess to be focusing on. In particular, the E Team member Anna is clearly a vain, egotistical Prima Donna who brims with self-importance and appears to have persuaded the editor to focus a lot of camera time on her ridiculous posturing and anodyne commentary. Anna, I dare suggest, would be better suited to a career on stage than in the field of human rights investigation. For anyone looking to watch a decent documentary on the Syrian conflict then I can honestly recommend HBO's Cries From Syria that focuses much more honestly on its subject matter than its producers. See more 11/12/2015 This is one of the best documentaries I've seen. It really makes you appreciate the concept of what true fear looks like, and makes you appreciate the safety of your home that people don't feel in other places. There's scenes of families terrified of air planes flying over head, I couldn't imagine living like that, and it saddens me there are cities of people living like that. See more 01/02/2015 These types of documentaries always do a better job of highlighting the immense terror individuals face during these atrocities than any news story ever could. See more 11/17/2014 A documentary that uses global issues to focus on four unique individuals, and what it takes to go into these environments. When it's focused on that, it works best. Of course, I cared about the issues affecting the people the E-Team represented, but I've seen some really great documentaries that go into more detail about these. What works better here is the investigation into what makes a person want to be on the E-Team, how does this affect their family, and their pyschological health. This is where the film best succeeds. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Filmmakers Ross Kauffman and Katy Chevigny go to the front lines in Syria and Libya to document evidence of atrocities.
Director
Katy Chevigny, Ross Kauffman
Producer
Katy Chevigny, Ross Kauffman, Marilyn Ness
Screenwriter
Katy Chevigny, Ross Kauffman
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Dec 5, 2016
Runtime
1h 28m
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