
HONDROS follows the life and career of famous war photographer Chris Hondros by exploring the poignant and often surprising stories behind this award-winning photojournalist's best-known photos. Driven by a commitment to bear witness to the wars of our time after the events of 9/11, Chris was among the first in a new generation of war photographers since Vietnam. HONDROS explores the complexities inherent in covering more than a decade of conflict, while trying to maintain a ... (Full plot summary below)
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HONDROS follows the life and career of famous war photographer Chris Hondros by exploring the poignant and often surprising stories behind this award-winning photojournalist's best-known photos. Driven by a commitment to bear witness to the wars of our time after the events of 9/11, Chris was among the first in a new generation of war photographers since Vietnam. HONDROS explores the complexities inherent in covering more than a decade of conflict, while trying to maintain a normal life. It also examines the unknowable calculus involved in making split-second life and death decisions -- before, during and after his photos were made. Chris was killed in Libya in 2011, but he left a lasting impact on his profession that is still felt today.
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| RogerEbert.comNick AllenWhile Hondros prevails with its intimate POV, it also makes for a wide-scope tribute to the profession of photojournalism. |
| Moveable FestStephen SaitoCampbell does his subject justice by emulating Hondros' ability to distill the essence of a complicated situation in disarmingly human terms. |
| Movie NationRoger MooreJournalists are being targeted in combat zones around the world. Hondros highlights that danger and brings out the humanity in a career that was above and beyond the stereotypes of their profession. |
| Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranBecause of that private connection, Hondros is definitely a personal documentary, with the loss and pain Campbell is still experiencing taking center stage more often than might be ideal. But that connection also leads to some detours that might not have happened otherwise, sequences that show what made Hondros special as a photographer and a person. |
| Village VoiceDaphne HowlandIn an era when the propaganda machines of conflicts like Syria are imperiling photojournalists’ work all the more, Campbell’s homage to his friend is a thorough look at a straight shooter. |
| Slant MagazineChuck BowenChris Hondros sought to reconcile peerless beauty with unfathomable atrocity, and Greg Campbell’s film follows suit. |
| The New York TimesGlenn KennyIf the movie doesn’t go more than skin deep in interrogating questions about interventions both military and journalistic into the Middle East, it does succeed in opening up Mr. Hondros’s contradiction-filled world. |
| User ReviewJeff AInspiring. Not only tells his story, but also what it takes to be a force of nature type of photojournalist. |