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Louis Theroux: The Settlers

2025 · 62 min

An uneasy, quietly alarming documentary that puts you in the room with people whose convictions are hard to hear, and keeps you watching.

Directed by
Joshua Baker
Genres
Documentary, Tv movie
Starring
Louis Theroux, Itamar Ben-Gvir, Matan Cohen
Overview
Fourteen years after his first visit, Louis Theroux meets some of the growing community of religious-nationalist Israelis who have settled in the occupied West Bank.

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Stream in the UK
  • BBC iPlayer
More options Data from JustWatch
Directed by
Joshua Baker
Genres
Documentary, Tv movie
Starring
Louis Theroux, Itamar Ben-Gvir, Matan Cohen
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • politics
  • power
  • identity
  • justice
  • faith
Places
  • countryside
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
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Action2
Horror2
Humour2
Realism10
Romance0
Tension7
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Genres
documentary, tv movie
Directed by
Joshua Baker
Written by
Louis Theroux
Starring
Louis Theroux, Itamar Ben-Gvir, Matan Cohen, Ari Abramowitz, Issa Amro, Mohammad Hureini, Daniella Weiss
Runtime
62 min
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English, Hebrew

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