Executions: The Rise and Fall of Capital Punishment vs Though I Am Gone
Executions: The Rise and Fall of Capital Punishment has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.5/10 for Though I Am Gone). Executions: The Rise and Fall of Capital Punishment is the shorter watch at 1h compared with 1h 6m. Though I Am Gone is the older of the two (2006 against 2025). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Executions: The Rise and Fall of Capital Punishment
Though I Am Gone| Executions: The Rise and Fall of Capital Punishment | Though I Am Gone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 7.5/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2006 |
| Length | 1h | 1h 6m |
| Genres | Documentary | Documentary |
| Country | United Kingdom | – |
| Director | Steve Lawson | Hu Jie |
| Main cast | Richard Felix, Mark Topping | Jingyao Wang |
Synopsis
Executions: The Rise and Fall of Capital Punishment
From ancient practices such as death by a thousand cuts and hanging, drawing and quartering to the modern scientific era of lethal injection, we ask the question: do the most horrific crimes deserve the most horrific of punishments?
Though I Am Gone
Filmmaker Hu Jie uncovers the tragic story of a teacher beaten to death by her students during the Cultural Revoution. In 1966, the Cultural Revolution exploded throughout China, as Mao's Red Guards persecuted suspected Rightists. Bian Zhongyun, the vice principal of a prestigious school in Beijing, was beaten to death by her own students, becoming one of the first victims of the revolutionary violence that would engulf the entire nation.
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