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Hero With A Thousand Faces

2016 · 89 min

A sober, hopeful documentary that walks you through a global crisis with talking heads and earnest urgency.

Directed by
Joel Clark
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Tony Blair, Barack Obama, Jeffrey Wright
Overview
The story of those who risked everything to defeat the deadliest epidemic of our time.

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Directed by
Joel Clark
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Tony Blair, Barack Obama, Jeffrey Wright
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Tone
  • earneststrength 3 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • healing
  • politics
  • media
  • justice
Places
None
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour2
Realism10
Romance0
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Genres
documentary
Directed by
Joel Clark
Starring
Tony Blair, Barack Obama, Jeffrey Wright, Bono, Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, Sarah Silverman
Runtime
89 min

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