“(T)ERROR”, the debut documentary from directors Lyric R. Cabral and David Felix Sutcliffe, is a the epitome of a slow burn. The first half of the film, about FBI sting operations in a post-9/11 world, could easily be described as boring.
It focuses on Saeed “Shariff” Torres, a black Muslim ex-convict and FBI informant in the middle of an active operation in Pittsburgh. Having helped the FBI on several stings including one that resulted in the conviction of one his closest friends, Saeed is an angry, lonely, and difficult subject to follow. He resents his FBI handlers as much as he relies on them for the money they give him for tracking and befriending persons of interest – most of them…
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