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

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.

2019

Documentary·History

1h 49min

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Top Billed Cast

Robert Fisk
Self - Narrator / Journalist
Jihad Sultan
Self - Military General
Tim Eddy
Self - History Professor
Antranik Helvadjian
Self - Bookstore Owner
Suheil Natour
Self - Palestinian Official
Nirmeen Hazineh
Self - Palestinian Woman
Tsoleen Sarian
Self - Archivist
Finian Everard
Self - Military Lieutenant
Vesna Almo
Self - Serbian Fixer
Ifet Krnjić
Self - Retired Weapons Seller
Adis Ikanović
Self - Factory Managing Director
Amira Solh
Self - Urban Planner
Amer Mrayati
Self
Lamiaa Al Saad
Self
Amira Hass
Self - Israeli Journalist
Chaim Silberstein
Self - Israeli Settler
Sulieman Khatib
Self - Palestinian Man
Alan Dershowitz
Self - Lawyer (voice)
William Fisk
Self - Fisk's Father (archive footage)
Osama Bin Laden
Self - Al-Qaeda Leader (archive footage)

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