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'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 Cinfest Sudbury International Film Festival,]["Stay home with Cinefest: Documentaries available to stream at home". 'Sudbury Star', May 17, 2020.] the Reel Shorts Film Festival[John 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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