The Insurrectionist Next Door

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The Insurrectionist Next Door

2023

1h 15m

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In her 15th HBO documentary film, Alexandra Pelosi turns her camera on some of the people who stormed the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. Through a series of candid interviews conducted over the last two years, Pelosi talks to several individuals charged with crimes for their participation in the unprecedented events of the day. Pelosi was inside the U.S. Capitol on January 6th, witnessing the events first-hand. She speaks with people who were there that day in the hopes of having open and unfiltered conversations about what brought them to Washington, D.C. from across the country and how their views may or may not have shifted since that fateful day. Pelosi seeks a better understanding of cultural and political views that have polarized the country without shying away from challenging topics and a surprisingly forthright set of conversations emerge despite the political divides.

Brian Lowry

CNN.com

10/17/2023

The documentary provokes the dispiriting sense that while people with conflicting views can talk, when the gap’s this wide and the unwavering belief to disinformation this toxic, there’s almost no way to make them hear.

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Chris Vognar

Rolling Stone

10/17/2023

There’s a lesson in The Insurrectionist Next Door about how people who do dumb and dangerous things, and might represent the country’s darkest impulses, are still people.

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Nicolas Rapold

New York Times

10/17/2023

In the end, as a document, it’s undeniable: The unvarnished human detail gives the film a life of its own that escapes any particular polemic or hope.

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Ricardo De Querol

El Pais (Spain)

12/01/2023

Alexandra Pelosi demonstrates that a conversation is possible. [Full review in Spanish]

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Savina Petkova

A Good Movie To Watch

10/29/2023

7/10

The Insurrectionist Next Door is colloquial, it's comedic tragedy with a hope to bridge the gap between two opposing political beliefs: a synecdoche for America as a whole.

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Stephen Silver

The SS Ben Hecht

10/19/2023

2/5

Pelosi keeps trying to humanize her subjects when really they’re at best in over their heads, and at worst, actively malevolent.

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Justin W

@astromartin84 02/06/2025

It's interesting to hear the far right speaking in their own words and humanized... but wow, Pelosi is an unbearably inept interviewer / dialogue partner.

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Jacob B

07/19/2024

Just awful and cringe journalism regardless of what view you have on the subject. Its hard to watch. Hopefully Alexandria Pelosi never interviews anyone one ever again because she is truly horrible at it. Just to be clear I'm not conservative or sympathetic toward January 6th rioters.

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Craig L

11/25/2023

I agree with many of the reviews that she was very confrontational with the people she interviewed. She should have taken a more neutral interviewing style and let them talk about their experiences. When you throw accusations at people, whether if they are true or not, it'll put them on the defense.

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David F

11/15/2023

I really liked the way the filmmaker approached the making of this documentary. She was obviously a liberal but she didn't make the whole thing about partisanship. It really seemed as though both interviewer and interviewee made an honest attempt to be cordial and friendly with one another. I wish the rest of the country would use this as an example of how to get along with people of different political ideology. The subjects were very colorful and very interesting. Overall this program was insightful, informative, engaging, and actually pretty funny!

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Marc Z

@TKDLife 11/02/2023

This is a mother good documentary by Alexandra Pelosi. Pelosi is the daughter of Former Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, and an acclaimed documentary filmmaker. Her Travels with George is a terrific and humanizing look at George Bush's Presidential election campaign. This one looks at the stories, through footage, and their own words of some of the convicted January 6 Capital Rioters. Pelosi does not soft soap her approach to their questioning, and I appreciate that. This gives you a look at some of the Trump followers and the impact of the January 6 riots on their life and perspectives. The film is intriguing. It is worth watching.

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Michele G

10/30/2023

A must see… I can't wait for the next one to see how long all of their sentences are. I hope Pelosi follows them for years to come to see how they feel years from now.

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In her 15th HBO documentary film, Alexandra Pelosi turns her camera on some of the people who stormed the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. Through a series of candid interviews conducted over the last two years, Pelosi talks to several individuals charged with crimes for their participation in the unprecedented events of the day. Pelosi was inside the U.S. Capitol on January 6th, witnessing the events first-hand. She speaks with people who were there that day in the hopes of having open and unfiltered conversations about what brought them to Washington, D.C. from across the country and how their views may or may not have shifted since that fateful day. Pelosi seeks a better understanding of cultural and political views that have polarized the country without shying away from challenging topics and a surprisingly forthright set of conversations emerge despite the political divides.

Director: Alexandra Pelosi
Producer: Alexandra Pelosi
Distributor: Max
Production Co: HBO Documentary Films
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 15, 2023
Runtime: 1h 15m