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Summary
Ariel Phenomenon explores an African extraterrestrial encounter witnessed by over sixty schoolchildren in 1994. As a Harvard professor, a BBC war reporter, and past students investigate, they struggle to answer the question: "What happens when you experience something so extraordinary that nobody believes you?"
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Critics vs audiences
Critics like it more than audiences (+21)
Critics 100Audiences 79GoodWatch 80
Tomatometer100%
Audience score93%
IMDb7.4
Letterboxd · 540 ratings3.4/5
Running time
1 h 30 min
A typical length for documentaries, −6 min on the typical 96
typical 9690Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
To rent or buy in 46 countries
Released
2022
May 20, 2022
4 years ago
Genre
DocumentaryLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
United States
16 people
- John E. MackSelf - Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author (archive footage)
- NCNatasha ChakaodzaSelf - Ariel School Student
- NCNashville ChakaodzaSelf - Ariel School Student
- FCFrancis ChirimuutaSelf - Ariel School Student
- NCNathaniel CoxallSelf - Ariel School Student
- LFLisil FieldSelf - Ariel School Student
- EKEmma KristiansenSelf - Ariel School Student
- RMRobert MedcalfSelf - Ariel School Student
- LNLuke NelSelf - Ariel School Student
- CRClaire RixomSelf - Ariel School Student
- TSTakudzwa ShavaSelf - Ariel School Student
- Salma SiddickSelf - Ariel School Student
- ETEmily TrimSelf - Ariel School Student
- KVKayleigh Van DrutenSelf - Ariel School Student
- DVDallyn VicoSelf - Ariel School Student
- TLTim LeachSelf - Former Head of Foreign Correspondents' Assoc in Zimbabwe
Directing · 1
- Randall Nickerson Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor
Writing · 1
- Christopher Seward Writer, Editor
Production · 2
- Rebecca Rideout Associate Producer
- Anne Krzanowski Associate Producer
Editing · 1
- Rikk Desgres Editor
Sound · 2
- Nate Walcott Original Music Composer
- Henrik Åström Original Music Composer
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