This Is Not a Movie

There is raw power in Fisk meeting the same man he saw getting thrown off his rightfully owned land 25 years ago, and going back to see the rental property constructed on his home.

The documentary adroitly demonstrates that Fisk is still motivated by the boyish curiosity that drew him to journalism.

However one ultimately feels about Fisk's reportorial compass, "This Is Not a Movie" presents a necessary, thought-provoking portrait of a dedicated truth-seeker.

After a lifetime reporting on conflict, Fisk reflects on the capacity of human beings to cause chaos on such a scale.

[A] laudatory, engaging profile of [Robert Fisk]...

A film that can sometimes feel more laudatory than necessary, but provides a comprehensive portrait of a man who has become essential reading.

A challenge to multiple misguided assumptions the establishment makes about both journalism in general and reporting on West Asia more specifically.

[Yuang] Chang captures an impressive portrait of the man who spent five decades chronicling the complex and sometimes chaotic political and human situation in the Middle East.

For anyone still willing to believe that journalism is a force of genuine good in an increasingly convoluted world despite the constant barrage of attacks it receives from all sides, The is Not a [Movie] is well worth viewing.

A terrific movie.