Sergio (2020)
“[Sergio] is entertaining but also important, and easily one of the best offerings from Netflix this year.”
– Deadline
“Sergio is not a film about a saint or a sinner, but an attempt that succeeds more often than not to create a portrait of a man in full.”
– rolling stone
“It’s one of those rare films in which a genuine concern for geopolitics coexists perfectly well with romance and old-fashioned moviegoing pleasures.”
– The Hollywood Reporter
“It’s as if Barker’s saying ‘if you want to work with your brain, watch my documentary. This one’s for your heart.’”
– ROGER ebert
the longest waR
“Stark, clear-eyed accounting”
– la times
“[Barker] has established himself as a seasoned pro with a string of issued-driven films from the frontlines of US foreign policy.”
– the guardian
“Comprehensive, crystal-clear and meticulously explained.”
– meawww
“[Barker’s] storytelling is methodical yet well-paced.”
– the wrap
the final year
"A film that’s not only absorbing but also essential. Immense and intimate, this movie can only inspire’"
– The Wrap
“Truly up-close-and-personal. To say that Barker gained unprecedented access is an understatement.”
– Filmmaker Magazine
“Uncommonly intimate. One of the 10 best films to see in January.”
– Rolling Stone
“Compelling, irresistible - The Final Year proves deeply moving.”
– The Hollywood Reporter
"…involving, deftly assembled, ‘you-are-there’ journey."
– LA Times
HomeGrown
"Homegrown, Greg Barker’s new documentary on jihadist terrorism in the United States, beginning on HBO on Monday night, is a thoughtful, multidimensional exploration of a subject that often provokes hysteria.
"Carefully constructed and often quite moving, it is a timely antidote to the posturing that has passed for discussion of terrorism in the presidential primary campaign. It introduces rounded, surprising characters both from Muslim families who have seen relatives imprisoned for carrying out or contemplating violence, and from the ranks of the counterterrorism professionals who pursued the cases."
– The New York Times
manhunt: The inside story of the hunt for osama bin laden
"As it tells the story of the sisterhood and Alec Station, “Manhunt” also presents an evenhanded, sometimes powerful conversation about subjects like torture, targeted killings and the roots of terrorism…If as many people saw “Manhunt” as saw “Zero Dark Thirty" it would be a small step in the right direction."
– The New York Times
Koran by Heart
“Koran by Heart” simultaneously embraces and subverts a familiar documentary genre…In Mr. Barker’s supple, subtle hands, the contest provides a means of exploring the tension within Islam between the kind of fundamentalism typified by rote, literalist instruction and the modernity outside the madrasa’s door.
– The New York Times
Sergio (2009)
"Barker turns his biopic into a thriller…Barker creates riveting cinema. [He] takes structural chances, eschewing the predictable for a more unorthodox film and it works."
– Variety
"Sergio" is two movies, one that you expect and one that you don't, and that potent combination makes this a documentary of exceptional power."
– LA TIMES
Ghosts of Rwanda
'''Ghosts of Rwanda'' eventually compels its participants to confront their failure. And they oblige.