The Feeling of Being Watched

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The Feeling of Being Watched

Released Jun 21, 2019

1h 27m

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16 Reviews

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Assia Bendaoui sets out to investigate long-brewing rumors that her quiet, predominantly Arab-American neighborhood was being monitored by the FBI. When she's investigating, she exposes a surveillance program on a scale no one could have imagined.

Sheri Linden

The Hollywood Reporter

A quietly unsettling first-person doc,The Feeling of Being Watched proceeds as a head-on exploration of the gray area between fear and certainty.

Jun 20, 2019

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Kimber Myers

Los Angeles Times

Expanding its scope beyond Bridgeview and Islamophobia, it looks at the larger question of how the United States government has targeted minority groups throughout its history.

Jun 20, 2019

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Leah Pickett

Chicago Reader

This should be required viewing for all Americans, but especially those who think they couldn't possibly be living in a surveillance state.

Jun 6, 2019

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Calum Cooper

Source (Scotland)

This is a film about pulling back the curtain and calling out those in power who feed into the hostile mentality towards Muslims, particularly in a world that is growing frighteningly more divisive.

Rated: 4/5

Jul 14, 2024

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Devika Girish

Vague Visages

Unlike many documentaries of its ilk, The Feeling of Being Watched is not weighed down by doomsaying or sensationalism; instead, the picture it paints of community organization is genuinely hopeful.

Feb 6, 2024

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Jared Mobarak

Jaredmobarak.com

The [film] is like an introductory handbook peeling back the layers on our government's activities to show how they willfully complicate our methods of keeping them in check.

Rated: 7/10

Dec 12, 2019

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Esha A

Really meaningful and powerful film, Assia cares so much about her community and really shows the importance of mobilizing Muslim-Americans to stand up against surveillance how we can

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

11/26/24

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Audience Member

I liked the journey that the director of this documentary went through as well as her interactions through the mail with the FBI. It did reveal some disturbing secret plans from the US government that targeted the Muslim population. Of course, I wanted more, but I understood that it's very hard for a citizen to try to expose the government, which is basically Area 51. Honestly I felt the director kinda overreacted a bit, but that's doesn't hide the fact that what the government did was creepy af. Overall it's pretty good low budget documentary. 7/10

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/06/23

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Audience Member

Really powerful movie.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/07/20

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Synopsis

Assia Bendaoui sets out to investigate long-brewing rumors that her quiet, predominantly Arab-American neighborhood was being monitored by the FBI. When she's investigating, she exposes a surveillance program on a scale no one could have imagined.

Director: Assia Boundaoui
Producer: Assia Boundaoui, Jess Devaney, Alex Bushe
Screenwriter: Assia Boundaoui
Distributor: Women Make Movies
Production Co: Impact Partners, Chicken And Egg Pictures, Naked Edge Films
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 21, 2019, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 22, 2020
Runtime: 1h 27m

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