Backlash: The Murder of George Floyd vs God Respects Us When We Work, But Loves Us When We Dance

Backlash: The Murder of George Floyd has the higher audience score (10/10 against 5.5/10 for God Respects Us When We Work, But Loves Us When We Dance). God Respects Us When We Work, But Loves Us When We Dance is the shorter watch at 20m compared with 1h 29m. God Respects Us When We Work, But Loves Us When We Dance is the older of the two (1968 against 2025). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.

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Backlash: The Murder of George FloydGod Respects Us When We Work, But Loves Us When We Dance
Audience score★ 10.0/10★ 5.5/10
Year20251968
Length1h 29m20m
GenresCrime, DocumentaryDocumentary
CountryUnited Kingdom–
DirectorKwabena OppongLes Blank, Skip Gerson
Main cast––

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…

God Respects Us When We Work, But Loves Us When We Dance

Les Blank's poetic documentation of 1967's Los Angeles Easter Sunday Love-In. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2002.

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