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The Feeling of Being Watched

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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.

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Sheri Linden The Hollywood Reporter Jun 20, 2019
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. Go to Full Review Kimber Myers Los Angeles Times Jun 20, 2019
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. Go to Full Review Leah Pickett Chicago Reader Jun 6, 2019
This should be required viewing for all Americans, but especially those who think they couldn't possibly be living in a surveillance state. Go to Full Review Calum Cooper Source (Scotland) Jul 14, 2024
4/5
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. Go to Full Review Devika Girish Vague Visages Feb 6, 2024
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. Go to Full Review Jared Mobarak Jaredmobarak.com Dec 12, 2019
7/10
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. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Esha A @RT45272514 Nov 26, 2024 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 See more Oct 9, 2021 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 See more Jan 7, 2020 Really powerful movie. See more Read all reviews
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Assia Boundaoui

Director

Assia Boundaoui

Self

Monica Eva Foster

Assia Boundaoui's Attorney

Daron Hagen

Judge Thomas Durkin

Assia Boundaoui

Screenwriter

Jim Butterworth

Executive Producer

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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
Naked Edge Films, Chicken And Egg Pictures, Impact Partners
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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