Backlash: The Murder of George Floyd vs The Kleptocrats
Backlash: The Murder of George Floyd has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.4/10 for The Kleptocrats). The Kleptocrats is the shorter watch at 1h 24m compared with 1h 29m. The Kleptocrats is the older of the two (2018 against 2025). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Backlash: The Murder of George Floyd
The Kleptocrats| Backlash: The Murder of George Floyd | The Kleptocrats | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 6.4/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2018 |
| Length | 1h 29m | 1h 24m |
| Genres | Crime, Documentary | Documentary |
| Country | United Kingdom | – |
| Director | Kwabena Oppong | Havana Marking, Sam Hobkinson |
| 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…
The Kleptocrats
In full-on investigative mode, reporters from The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and Hollywood Reporter doggedly pursue the story of US $3.5 billion missing from a Malaysian wealth fund. They trace the dirty money, via real estate deals and movie financing, back to the top tiers of the Malaysian government. Incredibly (but oh, how fitting!), the audacious swindlers chose to back the 2014 blockbuster The Wolf of Wall Street. Hollywood…
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