This Is Not a Movie is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Yung Chang and released in 2019.Simon Houpt, "Robert Fisk manages complex, grim realities: From Northern Ireland to Middle East, new film by Yung Chang follows British journalist during his time reporting from frontlines of conflicts". The Globe and Mail, September 7, 2019. The film profiles the career of Robert Fisk, the influential British war correspondent.Simon Houpt, "Journalism documentary This Is Not a Movie plays like Robert Fisk's greatest hits and misses: Yung Chang's new National Film Board doc looks at the career of the veteran British foreign correspondent". The Globe and Mail, May 18, 2020.
The film premiered at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival. In 2020, with its commercial distribution plan disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, Blue Ice Docs made the film available for online streaming rental in conjunction with a number of film festivals and independent theatres, including the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, the Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival,"Stay home with Cinefest: Documentaries available to stream at home". Sudbury Star, May 17, 2020. the Reel Shorts Film FestivalJohn Watson, "Reel Shorts Film Festival launches online cinema". Grande Prairie Daily Herald-Tribune, May 5, 2020. and the Kelowna Rotary Centre for the Arts."Kelowna's Rotary Centre launches digital art and culture series amid COVID-19". Kelowna Capital News, May 7, 2020.
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This is Not a Movie at Library and Archives Canada