Backlash: The Murder of George Floyd vs Stories We Tell
Backlash: The Murder of George Floyd has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.1/10 for Stories We Tell). Backlash: The Murder of George Floyd is the shorter watch at 1h 29m compared with 1h 49m. Stories We Tell is the older of the two (2012 against 2025). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Backlash: The Murder of George Floyd
Stories We Tell| Backlash: The Murder of George Floyd | Stories We Tell | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 7.1/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2012 |
| Length | 1h 29m | 1h 49m |
| Genres | Crime, Documentary | Documentary |
| Country | United Kingdom | – |
| Director | Kwabena Oppong | Sarah Polley |
| Main cast | – | Tom Butler, Michael Polley, Harry Gulkin, Susy Buchan, John Buchan |
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…
Stories We Tell
Canadian actress and filmmaker Sarah Polley investigates certain secrets related to her mother, interviewing a group of family members and friends whose reliability varies depending of their implication in the events, which are remembered in different ways; so a trail of questions remains to be answered, because memory is always changing and the discovery of truth often depends on who is telling the tale.
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