City of Ghosts looks at a team of journalists who risked their lives during the ISIS uprising in the early 2010s to document their atrocities and let the world know what the organisation was doing. The documentary covers how dangerous this was, and it makes for a tense and even stressful watch at certain points.
It is largely engaging and eye-opening stuff, but the story here, told as it is, feels a little strained. I guess they skim past certain things and slow down for other parts, and because of the narrow focus and skimming, it feels like they had to stretch it a bit to get it to 90 minutes.
But scene by scene, it's excellently made. It might not all flow into a perfectly compelling whole, but there's great work done when it comes to the editing, and I think they did a job at humanising and shining a light on what these journalists did.
And their achievement and sacrifice was undoubtedly impressive. The documentary honouring them was slightly less impressive, maybe, but still compelling for the most part.
It is largely engaging and eye-opening stuff, but the story here, told as it is, feels a little strained. I guess they skim past certain things and slow down for other parts, and because of the narrow focus and skimming, it feels like they had to stretch it a bit to get it to 90 minutes.
But scene by scene, it's excellently made. It might not all flow into a perfectly compelling whole, but there's great work done when it comes to the editing, and I think they did a job at humanising and shining a light on what these journalists did.
And their achievement and sacrifice was undoubtedly impressive. The documentary honouring them was slightly less impressive, maybe, but still compelling for the most part.