The Edge of Democracy vs Yalla Habibi!

Yalla Habibi! has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.7/10 for The Edge of Democracy). Yalla Habibi! is the shorter watch at 1h 30m compared with 2h 1m. The Edge of Democracy is the older of the two (2019 against 2025). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.

The Edge of Democracy posterThe Edge of Democracy2019 VS Yalla Habibi! posterYalla Habibi!2025
The Edge of DemocracyYalla Habibi!
Audience score★ 7.7/10★ 10.0/10
Year20192025
Length2h 1m1h 30m
GenresDocumentaryDocumentary
Country–Canada
DirectorPetra CostaEdwin El Bainou, Ryan Kluftinger
Main castNelson Mandela, Barack Obama, Dilma Rousseff, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Michel TemerRyan Kluftinger, Connor Bondlow, Edwin El Bainou

Synopsis

The Edge of Democracy

A cautionary tale for these times of democracy in crisis—the personal and political fuse to explore one of the most dramatic periods in Brazilian history. With unprecedented access to Presidents Dilma Rousseff and Lula da Silva, we witness their rise and fall and the tragically polarized nation that remains.

Yalla Habibi!

FortNine attempts to break the circumnavigation world record with award-winning filmmaker Edwin El Bainou riding pillion. It's a dangerously silly race across thousands of kilometres per day, with the polished and authentic eye that only a ride-along cinematographer can capture. Part documentary and part dark comedy, this is motorcycling as FortNine has never shown before. In less than 19 days, the trio must ride from Anchorage to Miami, Lisbon…

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