A Simpler Way: Crisis as Opportunity vs Backlash: The Murder of George Floyd

Backlash: The Murder of George Floyd has the higher audience score (10/10 against 8/10 for A Simpler Way: Crisis as Opportunity). A Simpler Way: Crisis as Opportunity is the shorter watch at 1h 19m compared with 1h 29m. A Simpler Way: Crisis as Opportunity is the older of the two (2016 against 2025). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.

A Simpler Way: Crisis as Opportunity posterA Simpler Way: Crisis as Opportunity2016 VS Backlash: The Murder of George Floyd posterBacklash: The Murder of George Floyd2025
A Simpler Way: Crisis as OpportunityBacklash: The Murder of George Floyd
Audience score★ 8.0/10★ 10.0/10
Year20162025
Length1h 19m1h 29m
GenresDocumentaryCrime, Documentary
CountryAustraliaUnited Kingdom
DirectorJordan Osmond, Samuel AlexanderKwabena Oppong
Main castDavid Holmgren, Helena Norberg-Hodge, David Spratt–

Synopsis

A Simpler Way: Crisis as Opportunity

A feature-length documentary that follows a community in Australia who came together to explore and demonstrate a simpler way to live in response to global crises.

Backlash: The Murder of George Floyd

Five years since the murder of George Floyd – the police killing that set America on fire with rage and sparked a wave of protests around the world, director Kwabena Oppong's film explores one of the most important and defining events in modern history. Featuring ground-breaking interviews with members of George Floyd’s family, the Minneapolis Police Chief who took the bold step of testifying against one of his own officers, Boris Johnson’s…

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