City of Ghosts (2017)

[Scottie]

Directed, produced, and filmed by Academy Award–nominated and Emmy–winning filmmaker Matthew Heineman, City of Ghosts is a singularly powerful cinematic experience that is sure to shake audiences to their core as it elevates the canon of one of the most talented documentary filmmakers working today. Captivating in its immediacy, City of Ghosts follows the journey of “Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently” – a handful of anonymous activists who banded together after their homeland was taken over by ISIS in 2014. With astonishing, deeply personal access, this is the story of a brave group of citizen journalists as they face the realities of life undercover, on the run, and in exile, risking their lives to stand up against one of the greatest evils in the world today.

http://www.cityofghosts.com/#The-Film

[Nuck Horris]

I thought this was a chore to get through... very boring and without much purpose. Poor direction.

[Show spoiler]At least in Cartel Land the director really got himself into the militia movement and ultimately showed that the cartels controlled them too. In City of Ghosts he basically just follows these guys around a little and that's about it. At least one member of Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered Silently tweeted out support for ISIS when they attacked a Kurdish town... no mention of it. I would've also liked to see an investigation of who funds the group. None of this is done.