Though I Am Gone vs Yalla Habibi!
Yalla Habibi! has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.5/10 for Though I Am Gone). Though I Am Gone is the shorter watch at 1h 6m compared with 1h 30m. Though I Am Gone is the older of the two (2006 against 2025). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Though I Am Gone
Yalla Habibi!| Though I Am Gone | Yalla Habibi! | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.5/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2006 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 6m | 1h 30m |
| Genres | Documentary | Documentary |
| Country | – | Canada |
| Director | Hu Jie | Edwin El Bainou, Ryan Kluftinger |
| Main cast | Jingyao Wang | Ryan Kluftinger, Connor Bondlow, Edwin El Bainou |
Synopsis
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.
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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