Tag Archives: Documentary

Going Clear (2015)

Posted on December 12, 2016 by SMW

Sean Welsh is right about films. Continue reading →

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McCullin (2012)

Posted on December 5, 2016 by SMW

Sean Welsh is right about films. Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema, Film, GFT, Glasgow, Movies, Programme Note | Tagged 2012, David Morris, Documentary, Don McCullin, GFT, Glasgow, Glasgow Film Theatre, Jacqui Morris, Programme Note | Leave a comment

“Everything that happens is real, and I didn’t shoot a frame of it. I didn’t need to. My team and I used the actual footage to create a three-act story of the life of Ayrton Senna.”1 Asif Kapadia “All aspects … Continue reading →

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9999 | Document Film Festival 2015

Posted on October 14, 2015 by SMW

For me, Ellen Vermeulen’s 9999 (2014) is the key film of Document – International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival 2015. That’s perhaps a less grand claim than it seems, so let me explain why. This was my first year on … Continue reading →

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Going Clear Programme Note for GFT

Posted on June 25, 2015 by SMW

Going Clear (Dir. Alex Gibney, 2014) is screening at GFT until Thursday 2nd July. My accompanying programme note will be available at screenings – you can download the physical version here and there’s an online version at GFT’s blog here. GFT archives all its programme notes online here. … Continue reading →

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