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A fantastic film that deals with a very difficult subject matter. I was hesitant to watch it at first since the majority of Showtime's sports docs are not really docs, just PR films where the athlete's clearly have editorial control. But this film, Disgraced and Outcry clearly stand out from the rest of their library. It's beautifully shot and paced and Artest doesn't hide from anything from his controversial career. The most eye opening person in this is Jermaine O'Neal. You feel his pain from Artest's destructive path that cost him not only multiple championships but legal issues as well. Great film.

I was super excited to watch this film. Always found Rauf's story interesting and thought it should've been done at a network level a long time ago. But it's not a doc. It's a PR film. Just an awful film. The director and him have both done interviews where they say Rauf had final cut. Journalism isn't even attempted which with a story as important and complex as Rauf's makes this even more disappointing. Plus there's industry chatter that the project was possibly stolen from another filmmaker? The opening sequence with the TVs looks awful. Where are the interviews with any opposing point of view?