Backlash: The Murder of George Floyd vs Near Death
Backlash: The Murder of George Floyd has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7/10 for Near Death). Backlash: The Murder of George Floyd is the shorter watch at 1h 29m compared with 5h 58m. Near Death is the older of the two (1989 against 2025). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Backlash: The Murder of George Floyd
Near Death| Backlash: The Murder of George Floyd | Near Death | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 7.0/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 1989 |
| Length | 1h 29m | 5h 58m |
| Genres | Crime, Documentary | Documentary |
| Country | United Kingdom | – |
| Director | Kwabena Oppong | Frederick Wiseman |
| 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…
Near Death
A film about the Medical Intensive Care Unit at Boston's Beth Israel Hospital. The film is concerned with how people face death. More specifically the film presents the complex interrelationships among patients, families, doctors, nurses, hospital staff and religious advisors as they confront the personal, ethical, medical, psychological, religious and legal issues involved in making decisions about whether or not to give life-sustaining…
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