Welcome To Leith (2015)
86%RT Audience Score: 75%
Awards & Nominations: 7 wins & 8 nominations
As disturbing as it is thought-provoking, Welcome to Leith offers an uncomfortable — and essential — glimpse into a part of society many Americans would much rather ignore
Welcome to Leith is like a horror movie, but instead of a haunted house, it’s a whole town that’s terrifying. The documentary does a great job of showing the rise of a white supremacist in a small North Dakota town and the fear and tension that follows. It’s a must-watch for anyone interested in true crime or just wants to be scared out of their wits. Just make sure to watch it with the lights on!
Production Company(ies)
Columbia Pictures, Relativity Media, Scott Rudin Productions,
Distributor
First Run Features
Release Type
Theatrical, Theatrical (Limited)
Filming Location(s)
Leith, North Dakota, USA
MPAA / Certificate
Not Rated
Year of Release
2015
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Dolby
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Aspect ratio:NA
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Runtime:1h 27m
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Language(s):English
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Sep 9, 2015 Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 9, 2016
Genre(s)
Documentary
Keyword(s)
Welcome to Leith, Documentary, White supremacist, North Dakota, Michael Beach Nichols, Christopher K Walker, Jenner Furst, Joey Carey, Joshua Woltermann, written by Christopher K Walker, Michael Beach Nichols, executive produced by Julia Willoughby Nason, Stefan Nowicki, limited release, box office gross $36.0K, critics consensus, disturbing, thought-provoking, uncomfortable, essential, glimpse, society, Americans, ignore, Tomatometer, Fresh Kernels, reviews, audience score, genre, English, distributor, First Run Features, cast, crew, director, writer, producer, executive producer, critic reviews, audience reviews, horror movies, MCU movies, Netflix series, TV shows, streaming movies, box office performance, budget, MPAA rating, actors, actresses, producers, directors, writers, critics, reviewers
Worldwide gross: $36,380
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $45,412
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 3,087
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 4,952
US/Canada gross: $36,010
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $44,950
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 2,763
US/Canada opening weekend: $3,707
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $4,627
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 2,805
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): NA
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): NA
Production budget ranking: NA
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
ROI to date (est.): NA
ROI ranking: NA
Christopher K. Walker – Director, Writer
Julia Willoughby Nason – Executive Producer
Stefan Nowicki – Executive Producer
Michael Beach Nichols – Writer
Director(s)
Michael Beach Nichols, Christopher K. Walker
Writer(s)
Christopher K. Walker, Michael Beach Nichols
Producer(s)
Michael Beach Nichols, Christopher K. Walker, Jenner Furst, Joey Carey, Joshua Woltermann
Film Festivals
Sundance, South by Southwest
Awards & Nominations
7 wins & 8 nominations
Academy Awards
All Critics (49) | Top Critics (17) | Fresh (47) | Rotten (2)
Observed, even-keeled and well-researched, Welcome to Leith masterfully employs an array of perspectives and insightful news-clips, forming an urgent story which retains a certain objectivity on the offensive racist at its core.
February 10, 2016 | Rating: 4/5
Luke Channell
Little White Lies
TOP CRITIC
As a short sketch of a fading culture, this is fascinating.
February 9, 2016 | Rating: 3/5
Tom Huddleston
Time Out
TOP CRITIC
Welcome to Leith is a sober, terrifying look at the very real monsters roaming the quiet countryside.
November 23, 2015
Bilge Ebiri
New York Magazine/Vulture
TOP CRITIC
Indeed, this could be the scariest film of the year.
November 5, 2015
Martin Tsai
Los Angeles Times
TOP CRITIC
Tense, incisive, and remarkably objective …
November 5, 2015 | Rating: 3.5/4
Peter Keough
Boston Globe
TOP CRITIC
Hand it to directors Michael Beach Nichols and Christopher K. Walker, who could have made the story into a black-hat/white-hat affair.
October 29, 2015 | Rating: 3/4
Walter V. Addiego
San Francisco Chronicle
TOP CRITIC
A haunting look at the terrorists that call America home and the power they can wield.
October 11, 2021 | Rating: 4.5/5
Michael J. Casey
Michael J. Cinema
The film is a must watch. The storytelling is strong and the imagery will give you pause. Here is hoping for wide distribution.
January 30, 2020 | Rating: 4.5/5
Jorge Ignacio Castillo
The Canadian Crew
Welcome to Leith doesn’t really delve too deep into some of the topics it brings up, but its transformation of Leith’s storyline into a tense, efficient narrative provides plenty of engrossing material.
May 31, 2019 | Rating: 7/10
C.J. Prince
Way Too Indie
A disturbing tale that lacks information. Welcome to Leith feels vague as the documentary that should have told an extraordinary story. [Full review in Spanish].
April 29, 2019 | Rating: 2.5/4
Federico Furzan
Cinelipsis
Tightly wound and terse throughout, Welcome to Leith ends on a note of disturbingly unresolved tension – the terror is real, even if it’s only in your head.
April 12, 2019 | Rating: 4/5
Daniel Barnes
Dare Daniel
Some of the images seek for a closure that just isn’t there… Given recent docs that have gone for the long haul, one wonders whether Walker might have been advised to have stuck around a little longer.
April 8, 2019 | Rating: 3/5
John Bleasdale
CineVue…
Plot
Welcome to Leith’ is a feature documentary chronicling the attempted takeover of a small town in North Dakota by notorious white supremacist Craig Cobb. Filmed in the days leading up to Cobb’s arrest for terrorizing the townspeople on an armed patrol and his subsequent release from jail six months later, the film is an eerie document of American DIY ideals.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
Fresh Kernels describes Welcome to Leith as a “sober, terrifying look at the very real monsters roaming the quiet countryside.”
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