Backlash: The Murder of George Floyd vs The Greatest Places

Backlash: The Murder of George Floyd has the higher audience score (10/10 against 5.5/10 for The Greatest Places). The Greatest Places is the shorter watch at 40m compared with 1h 29m. The Greatest Places is the older of the two (1998 against 2025). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Backlash: The Murder of George Floyd posterBacklash: The Murder of George Floyd2025 VS The Greatest Places posterThe Greatest Places1998
Backlash: The Murder of George FloydThe Greatest Places
Audience score★ 10.0/10★ 5.5/10
Year20251998
Length1h 29m40m
GenresCrime, DocumentaryDocumentary
CountryUnited Kingdom–
DirectorKwabena OppongMal Wolfe
Main cast–Avery Brooks

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…

The Greatest Places

A journey to seven of the most geographically dynamic locations on earth. The film features spectacular land forms, diverse wildlife and the people and cultures indigenous to these places. Distinct geographic places include the great island of Madagascar, home to unique limestone pinnacles and the playful lemur; and the greatest desert—the Namib—home of the largest sand dunes in the world that tower majestically over its western border, the…

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