Truth to Power
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DVD Details
- Rated: Not Rated
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: August 31, 2021
- Originally Released: 2021
- Label: Oscilloscope
Performers, Cast and Crew:
| Starring | Serj Tankian | |
| Directed by | Garin Hovannisian |
Entertainment Reviews:
85%
TOMATOMETER
Total Count: 13
The former feels at first like a pat rock doc, a chronicle of the band's origins and Tankian's journey into metal. It becomes something bigger as Tankian begins to use his world stage to call out the Turks' 1915-1917 genocide of Armenians...
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Cambridge Day
Rating: 1/4 --
Hovannisian's documentary would be much more convincing if he picked a single aspect of Tankian's activism -- or composing, or personality -- and considered it in greater detail.
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RogerEbert.com
Rating: 2.5/4 --
Despite his dabbling in many indulgences, Serj Tankian doesn't come off as shallow or particularly superficial here. But this documentary almost does.
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Movie Nation
... tends to gloss over some of Tankian's controversies, yet presents an insightful glimpse into the artistic process, as well as the intersection of politics and entertainment, while chronicling his evolution in both arenas.
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Cinemalogue
Rating: 3/5 --
Tankian has crafted a movie with an overt political ideology and cast himself as the well-intentioned face of a cultural revolution. But none of this takes away from the issues at the center of the film.
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Austin Chronicle
Rating: 8/10 --
Director Garin Hovannisian constructs Truth to Power into a complex rockumentary, a necessity given Tankian is a multifaceted individual.
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Film Threat
"Truth To Power" is very Serj-focused and sidesteps band drama considerably, but it's an amazing documentary for fans and activists who couldn't care less about band drama.
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Columbus Alive
Product Description:
Documentary filmmaker Garin Hovannisian takes a deep dive into the political activism of musician Serj Tankian, the Grammy Award-winning frontman of the heavy metal group System of a Down. When not producing albums, the Beirut-born Tankian supports his fellow Armenians in their pursuit of democracy and liberation, relying on the power of music to spread the message of Armenian freedom across the world.
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