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Storyville: FBI Undercover.

Storyville: FBI Undercover's creators had impressive access to the mechanics of a security organisation, but without consent. The result was a tense, gripping 90 minutes that left a feeling of unease. 
Cameras followed Saeed “Shariff” Torres, a 63-year-old Muslim Black Panther activist-turned FBI informant dispatched to Pittsburgh to befriend Khalifah al-Akili, suspected of engaging in terrorist activity. Shariff said he was in it for money (a six-figure sum) and didn't tell the FBI that he was letting film-makers in. Uncooperative and argumentative, he was not a sympathetic subject. There were glimmers of positivity – a love of baking and devotion to his son –but he appeared disillusioned with the very organisation that gave him purpose.