This Is Not a Movie: Robert Fisk and the Politics of Truth

Overview

For more than forty years, British journalist Robert Fisk has reported on some of the most violent conflicts in the world, from Northern Ireland to the Middle East, always with his feet on the ground and a notebook in hand, travelling into landscapes devastated by war, ferreting out the facts and sending reports to the media he works for with the ambition of catching the interest of an audience of millions.

Directed by Yung Chang

Top cast

Robert Fisk

Self - Narrator / Journalist

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Jihad Sultan

Self - Military General

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Tim Eddy

Self - History Professor

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Antranik Helvadjian

Self - Bookstore Owner

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Suheil Natour

Self - Palestinian Official

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Nirmeen Hazineh

Self - Palestinian Woman

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Tsoleen Sarian

Self - Archivist

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Finian Everard

Self - Military Lieutenant

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Vesna Almo

Self - Serbian Fixer

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Ifet Krnjić

Self - Retired Weapons Seller

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Adis Ikanović

Self - Factory Managing Director

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Amira Solh

Self - Urban Planner

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Amer Mrayati

Self

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Lamiaa Al Saad

Self

Amira Hass

Self - Israeli Journalist

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Antony Loewenstein

Self - Freelance Journalist

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Chaim Silberstein

Self - Israeli Settler

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Sulieman Khatib

Self - Palestinian Man

Alan Dershowitz

Self - Lawyer (voice)

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William Fisk

Self - Fisk's Father (archive footage)

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