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SummaryA River Below captures the Amazon in all its complexity as it examines the actions of environmental activists using the media in an age where truth is a relative term.

Directed By:Mark Grieco

A River Below

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Universal Acclaim
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
100% Positive
7 Reviews
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Nov 2, 2017
100
Village Voice
The intoxicating A River Below contains elements of immersive nature documentaries and shocking wildlife exposes (like Blackfish and The Cove), but director Mark Grieco’s profile of two driven conservationists tells a more slippery tale.
Nov 2, 2017
90
Screen Daily
Director Mark Grieco grabs our attention by going beyond the obvious. Exploring the consequences of well-intentioned actions and providing a sense of the much bigger picture transforms A River Below into an unexpectedly compelling proposition.
Nov 2, 2017
80
Los Angeles Times
Vividly photographed by René Diaz and adroitly edited by Dan Swietlik, A River Below skillfully — and quite compellingly — navigates the murky complexities of contemporary reality filmmaking.
Nov 2, 2017
80
The New York Times
The truth turns into a tangled mess in A River Below, a bold and urgent documentary whose seemingly straightforward story quickly runs awry.
Nov 2, 2017
75
The Film Stage
Unintentionally timely, A River Below may be read as a Trump-era document, a tale of environmentalists versus local industry.
Nov 2, 2017
70
Variety
In the stories of both men, Grieco’s film highlights the double-edged nature of eye-opening visuals, which are just as apt to enrage others and endanger the messenger as they are to achieve noble ends.
Nov 2, 2017
70
Paste Magazine
A River Below is pure investigative journalism.
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  • Sandarba
Nov 3, 2017
1 h 26 m
TV-14
Sheffield International Documentary Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Zurich Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Key West Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
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