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Grenfell: Uncovered

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Survivors, witnesses and experts tell the story of the tragic fire that engulfed a residential tower block in London and the investigation that ensued.
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Graeme Blundell The Australian Jul 11
...[Grenfell: Uncovered is] not only heartbreaking to watch but it enrages that so many who were responsible have never been brought to account. You can’t watch and by its end not think, “They all knew”. Go to Full Review
Benji Wilson Daily Telegraph (UK) Jun 25
4/5
Not only is it a one-off film, foregoing the subscription catnip of a series for a more powerful one-shot format, but it also goes for the jugular. Go to Full Review
Rebecca Nicholson Financial Times Jun 24
4/5
The film is upsetting and harrowing throughout, but it is driven by a clear sense of a need for justice, and an acknowledgment of the lack of justice to date. Go to Full Review
Kat Halstead Common Sense Media Jun 30
This powerful account of the disaster that shook Britain back in 2017 is a harrowing retelling of events but also a rallying cry for justice and change. Go to Full Review
Killian Faith-Kelly GQ Magazine [UK] Jun 26
While keeping the stories of individual victims completely central to its focus, it zooms out from the tragedy to show that its true causes, and their implications, reach far beyond the wreck of a west London tower block. Go to Full Review
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matthias s @Thescreenasvor 3d Grenfell: Uncovered is a furious reminder that this was not a natural disaster — it was a political one. The film makes clear that the fire was built long before it burned: in cost-cutting decisions, ignored warnings, and a culture that treated working-class lives as expendable. What’s unbearable is not only the scale of the loss, but the evidence that it was foreseeable. People asked to be heard. They were dismissed. They died anyway. The documentary refuses the comfort of calling it a tragedy without naming the system that produced it. It exposes how inequality isn’t abstract; it is engineered into housing, policy, and accountability. Watching it feels like witnessing a crime that has never truly been answered for. The anger the film provokes is necessary — because remembrance without outrage risks becoming decoration. See more K.M.V S Jul 15 Gripping, eye opening and flabbergasted at the injustice. Phenomenal documentary. 100% See more George S Jun 30 Incredibly moving film, capturing the emotion of the hell the victims were trapped in, while also conveying the frustration of the multiple opportunities missed to prevent the disaster. Bold to pack everything into 1 punchy film, rather than milk it into an entire series, like so many other true crime documentaries do. See more C B. @Synchroduv Jun 27 The person who produced this must have ADHD, it’s all over the place. See more Michael G Jun 23 An absolutely heartbreaking documentary to watch. It is absolutely disturbing to sit and watch a documentary that exposes in detail, the greed, manipulation, and the outright systemic failure on so many levels that led to the Grenfell Tower disaster. The worst part is that there were any number of tower and high rise fires across Europe in the previous ten years that pointed openly that a tower fire when coupled with these highly flammable materials was highly probable. A cautionary tale for those enamoured with obvious deregulation that is happening across the federal level of American politics by the Republican party and President Trump. See more Charlene S @whitjake Jun 22 The product obviously should have been prohibited by the government. No other entity has that power. Arconic is in the business of selling product wherever it's legal, which it was in the UK. Arconic, obviously knew what the dangers of its cladding were. It has some responsibility here also. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Survivors, witnesses and experts tell the story of the tragic fire that engulfed a residential tower block in London and the investigation that ensued.
Director
Olaide Sadiq
Producer
Ahmed Peerbux, James Saville, Anna Prichard
Distributor
Netflix
Genre
Documentary, History
Original Language
British English
Release Date (Streaming)
Jun 20, 2025
Runtime
1h 40m
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