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The Back of the World (2002)
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Reviews Counted:11
Fresh:8
Rotten:3
Average Rating:6.7/10
Rated: Not Rated
Genre: Dramas
Theatrical Release:May 24, 2002 Limited
Synopsis: A gripping and unflinching documentary that examines three different lives of people who share one painful and tragic fate, life lived "in the back of the world," dominated, tortured, and stripped... [More]
Starring: Guinder Rodriguez, Mehdi Zana, Leyla Zana, Thomas Miller-El
Director: Javier Corcuera
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05/13/05
Without preaching, pretension or ingenuousness, this documentary depicts the very real darkness of lives beyond nightly TV News or self-congratulatory Special Projects.
08/22/03
An unflinching look at the world's dispossessed.
06/27/02
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06/11/02
Peruvian born Corcuera takes viewers on a journey to the 'back of the world,' where the voiceless outcast and poor on the planet are given the stage to speak.
06/01/02
But the power of these [subjects] is obscured by the majority of the film that shows a stationary camera on a subject that could be mistaken for giving a public oration, rather than contributing to a film’s narrative.
05/27/02
An extraordinary documentary that poignantly engages our sense of justice and spurs us on to a fresh sense of our unity with all suffering people.
05/26/02
What saves this deeply affecting film from being merely a collection of wrenching cases is Corcuera's attention to detail.
05/24/02
Top CriticWhat the film lacks in general focus it makes up for in compassion, as Corcuera manages to find the seeds of hope in the form of collective action.
05/24/02
The misery of these people becomes just another voyeuristic spectacle, to be consumed and forgotten.
05/24/02
Top CriticLa Espalda del Mundo. It's an evocative title that reinforces the second-class citizenship of director Javier Corcuera's documentary subjects.
04/14/02
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