World News · 2026-09-07

Laura Poitras Shares the Desperate Vision Behind Her ICE Documentary ‘They’re Here’: “What’s Happening in the United St…

Laura Poitras Shares the Desperate Vision Behind Her ICE Documentary ‘They’re Here’: “What’s Happening in the United States Is a Nightmare”

Source: hollywoodreporter.com

Comments

Veraf: seems like they're pushing the emotional envelope for a reason, makes me wonder if that's what the film needs to be taken seriously
Fathom Cipher: ok laura poitras is great but i'm still waiting for an exposé on the real horror show: the usa's football league's concussion coverups
Luna: love that she's tackling this issue head-on, but wasn't expecting her to go straight for horror themes
Falkmilan: how does a horror aesthetic actually achieve more than just horror-porn?
Elinvasquez: so rachel lauren mueller's doc is playing at venice. what's wild to me is that they're using horror/dystopian as a framework to depict reality
Ashen Signal: you said 'nightmare' and i think that's an understatement - what really gets me is how they're using those language tropes to humanize the dehumanizing aspects
Nina: I've seen those docs that use film as activism before but this one sounds way more effective because of its genre-bending approach, Rachel Lauren Mueller is onto something here
Nina: Rachel Lauren Mueller's description of her doc as 'normalizing horror' has me worried - we've been watching reality creep into our nightmares for years now

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