Exterminate All the Brutes (miniseries)

Exterminate All the Brutes
Based on
Written byRaoul Peck
Directed byRaoul Peck
Music byAlexei Aigui
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes4
Production
Executive producers
  • Raoul Peck
  • Rémi Grellety
  • Nancy Abraham
  • Lisa Heller
  • Jamie Morris
  • Poppy Dixon
  • Jack Oliver
Producers
  • Daniel Delume
  • Sara Rodriguez
CinematographyStéphane Fontaine
EditorAlexandra Strauss
Running time59-60 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkHBO
ReleaseApril 7 (2021-04-07) –
April 8, 2021 (2021-04-08)
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Exterminate All the Brutes is an internationally co-produced documentary television miniseries revolving around colonization and genocide, directed and narrated by Raoul Peck. The series consists of four episodes and premiered in the United States on April 7, 2021, on HBO.[1] It premiered in the United Kingdom on May 1, 2021, on Sky Documentaries.[2] The series takes its name from Sven Lindqvist's book with the same name, on which it is partially based,[3][4] a phrase which Lindqvist in turn borrowed from Joseph Conrad's novella Heart of Darkness, in which the quote "Exterminate all the brutes" appears.

  1. ^ Grober, Matt (March 23, 2021). "'Exterminate All The Brutes': HBO Reveals Trailer & Sets Premiere Date For Raoul Peck's Experimental Docuseries". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved April 8, 2021.
  2. ^ Wong Macabasco, Lisa (April 7, 2021). "'Sometimes, it's shocking': Raoul Peck on his bold new colonialism series". The Guardian. Retrieved April 8, 2021.
  3. ^ Berman, Judy (7 April 2021). "HBO's Exterminate All the Brutes Is a Radical Masterpiece About White Supremacy, Violence and the History of the West". Time. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  4. ^ Castillo, Monica (7 April 2021). "Exterminate All the Brutes". rogeregbert.com. Retrieved 4 July 2021.