The documentary provokes the dispiriting sense that while people with conflicting views can talk, when the gap’s this wide and the unwavering belief to disinformation this toxic, there’s almost no way to make them hear.

There’s a lesson in The Insurrectionist Next Door about how people who do dumb and dangerous things, and might represent the country’s darkest impulses, are still people.

In the end, as a document, it’s undeniable: The unvarnished human detail gives the film a life of its own that escapes any particular polemic or hope.

Alexandra Pelosi demonstrates that a conversation is possible. [Full review in Spanish]