Is City of Ghosts sad?

Yes, very. More sad than 91% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does City of Ghosts end with hope?

Yes. More hopeful than 81% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is City of Ghosts violent?

Yes. More violent than 80% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is City of Ghosts easy watching?

Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is City of Ghosts scary?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

City of Ghosts

Name: City of Ghosts
Genre: War, Documentary
Released: 2017
Duration: 90 min
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi, Hamoud, Hassan, Hussam, Naji Jerf

Our words are stronger than their weapons.

Directed by Matthew Heineman

Produced by Our Time Projects

201790 min7.2 / 10

A harrowing documentary about ordinary people risking everything to document atrocities and bear witness to truth under totalitarian oppression.

With unprecedented access, this documentary follows the extraordinary journey of “Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently”—a group of anonymous citizen journalists who banded together after their homeland was overtaken by ISIS—as they risk their lives to stand up against one of the greatest evils in the world today.

Clusters

Family Under Fire Doing Right In Disaster Trapped Heroes Fighting Back Realistic Injustice Dramas

Genres

War Documentary

Questions people ask

Is City of Ghosts sad? Yes, very. More sad than 91% of films.
Does City of Ghosts end with hope? Yes. More hopeful than 81% of films.
Is City of Ghosts violent? Yes. More violent than 80% of films.
Is City of Ghosts easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.
Is City of Ghosts scary? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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