Backlash: The Murder of George Floyd vs Buñuel: A Surrealist Filmmaker
Backlash: The Murder of George Floyd has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.8/10 for Buñuel: A Surrealist Filmmaker). Buñuel: A Surrealist Filmmaker is the shorter watch at 1h 23m compared with 1h 29m. Buñuel: A Surrealist Filmmaker is the older of the two (2021 against 2025). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Backlash: The Murder of George Floyd
Buñuel: A Surrealist Filmmaker| Backlash: The Murder of George Floyd | Buñuel: A Surrealist Filmmaker | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 6.8/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2021 |
| Length | 1h 29m | 1h 23m |
| Genres | Crime, Documentary | Documentary |
| Country | United Kingdom | – |
| Director | Kwabena Oppong | Javier Espada |
| Main cast | – | Alfonso de Lucas Buñuel, Javier Espada, María José Moreno |
Synopsis
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…
Buñuel: A Surrealist Filmmaker
Javier Espada explores how Luis Buñuel, one of the greatest precursors of surrealist cinema through works like An Andalusian Dog and The Golden Age, began to move away from this movement but never completely abandoned it, maintaining a strong oneiric element in his films. Taking us deep into his past and evolution as a creator, this documentary provides an unprecedented window into the world and work of an irreplaceable genius whose influence…
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