THE AMBASSADOR: Film Review from The Hollywood Reporter
It may feel like BORAT but Mads Brugger's documentary is a comical look at an unfunny place
A documentary that feels more like Borat than traditional examples of its genre, THE AMBASSADOR nevertheless offers a revealing look at corruption in Central Africa. And while director Mads Brügger’s intentionally crude impersonation of a semi-racist diplomat and real-life repercussions of his actions should prove controversial, crossover potential for the film is...
THE AMBASSADOR SELECTED FOR SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL
TrustNordisk is proud to announce that THE AMBASSADOR has been selected for the World Cinema Documentary Competition Program at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival which takes place January 19th-29th.
Recently, THE AMBASSADOR opened the International Documentary Film Festival in Amsterdam (IDFA) and became the center of attention with sold out screenings and great reviews.
In THE AMBASSADOR journalist and documentary filmmaker Mads Brügger...
THE AMBASSADOR
Danish journalist and satirist Mads Brügger bribes, cajoles and fakes his way into the heart of Africa to pose as an ‘Ambassador’ with the intention of raising important issues about power and corruption inside the Central African Republic. Along the way his film also raises more than a few question around the ethics and morality this his type of undercover guerilla documentary making.
Brügger’s façade exposes a grotesque and frightening view of a deeply corrupt country....
Mads Brugger executes the greatest documentary stunt ever in THE AMBASSADOR
Though you may not know the name of Danish satirist / filmmaker Mads Brugger if you follow the world of international film - particularly documentary - you have almost certainly heard of his work. You see Brugger's 2009 film - The Red Chapel - shot the man to international fame when it took home the Grand Jury Prize for international documentary at Sundance. But the award did not come without a share of controversy as the film was not a documentary in the conventional sense but something of...
Mads Brugger, Director of the Ambassador
Danish journalist/filmmaker Brugger goes undercover with a diplomatic passport to expose corruption in the Central African Republic.
Mads Brugger’s The Ambassador is the opening film at the prestigious International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) tonight.
The genre-bending film follows the Denmark-based journalist and filmmaker as he acquires a diplomatic passport and becomes as a Liberian consul to the Central African Republic. His cover story is that he wants...
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