Affliction vs Backlash: The Murder of George Floyd
Backlash: The Murder of George Floyd has the higher audience score (10/10 against 5.1/10 for Affliction). Affliction is the shorter watch at 45m compared with 1h 29m. Affliction is the older of the two (1996 against 2025). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Affliction
Backlash: The Murder of George Floyd| Affliction | Backlash: The Murder of George Floyd | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 5.1/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 1996 | 2025 |
| Length | 45m | 1h 29m |
| Genres | Documentary | Crime, Documentary |
| Country | – | United Kingdom |
| Director | Mark Hejnar | Kwabena Oppong |
| Main cast | Annie Sprinkle, GG Allin, Full Force Frank, Mike Diana, Kembra Pfahler | – |
Synopsis
Affliction
This 45 minute documentary by Mark Hejnar is a sort of Whitman's Sampler of sickness, chronicling such wildly diverse and extreme personalities as G.G. Allin, Mike Diana, Full Force Frank, GLOD, Annie Sprinkle, and others. This collection of short clips and vile moments is certainly NOT for the squeamish, as these are the artists and performers who have taken the term "free expression" to it's limits--and beyond.
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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