Moment of Contact

James Fox sets the benchmark for communicating on this topic with the way that he works like a dog to find the key witnesses and put them front of the camera, and then just lets them have their say. The witnesses are numerous and diverse, and together plot out in detail what appears to have been a crash of an anomalous craft and capture of the beings that occupied it. All of the witnesses seem like ordinary, honest people with no reason to lie. In one situation there were even three witnesses who testified about what they had seen together.

Like many people who have started following this topic in the last couple of years I'm nowhere near ready to make conclusions, but the evidence that there is a core of reality to this topic is now piled pretty high.

The subject of "Moment of Contact" documentary deserves as much attention as the Roswell incident. The convincing testimonies of people who are not UFO enthusiasts always adds to the credibility. However, the low-budget documentaries always lack convincing credibility. To be more persuasive, input from experts and a thorough examination of scientific theories (such "theories" are researched and not what is the popular meaning of the word "theory") with evidence is needed. Among them, a preexisting article by Jennifer Chu of MIT News, titled "A Sign That Aliens Could Stink", which discusses a potential indicator of extraterrestrial life, would have added certain value to the film but was not included.

The documentary, "Moment of Contact", deserved more funding and post-production efforts. Despite this, it remains a significant film for not only UFO enthusiasts.

Old story most of this info is online but for those who have not heard about this case ,it's worth a go .

The main problem is the same old , same old . No evidence all just second hand stories .

Although the story is interesting what it fails to deliver are the facts .

I am waiting for the conclusive documentary that ends with the viewer saying ok we actually are making headway in this ufo question because we have conclusive answers.

These documentaries are capitalizing on the wow factor chasing down leads and recording accounts , hi tech ghost stories .

Enough already move the ball forward . What is it? What is the plan to find out ? What is the projected time line .

Like religion it's the rehashing of fantastic stories .

This is a very well constructed documentary. If you don't know anything about this case, I recommend you to search for some news before watching it ( there's a documentary made by Marco Antonio Petit where you can see all the authorities worried about the incident but still trying to hide the facts of what the citizens saw those days). Only people who already heard about this history knows that it's a joke all around the country (not because there isn't facts, but because Varginha is a very small city and everyone thinks that a "creature" would not appear there). Fox show us several facts and witnesses clearly shocked by what occurred. If you didn't like it you probably don't understand how our country works, and how our people is really emotional and although we are a poor country, we don't need your attention, we don't want money. We just want to share with the world the events and why we are so impacted by them. There are several people who is trying to forget what they saw until today, and making fun about it don't help at all. It is serious, and it really happened.

I am a big fan of documentaries and this documentary film meets everything I expect from one, perhaps shedding some light onto an interesting events of first contact in Brazil.

Unfortunately, despite lots of collaborating eye witness accounts, it was a bit underwhelming to not have any feeling of conclusion at the end.

As a documentary filmmaker, I kept thinking of how differently I would have attempted to conduct some of the interviews had I been making Moment of Contact. Of course I wasn't present so perhaps it simply wasn't possible, but I suspect it may have been.

For example, I would have wanted to conduct the interviews where more than one witness was present, separately and independent of the others, rather than have them at the same place, same spot, same time. I think that would have felt more credible and made it more interesting to compare the different testimonies for any variations or differences. There did seem to be some attempt to do that in at least of the interviews after the fact.

However, I realize that when making a documentary in particular, time is always limited and restrictive, especially if multiple interviews or different locations are required.

I gave this documentary a 7 Stars rating for its work and structure, since taking a lot of interviews, and history and details and making them into a flowing story can be challenging, but I placed it only into my Pretty Good Movies list which is usually only for 5 to 6 Stars, instead of my Highly Recommend Movies list which is 7 to 8 Stars.

Mainly because the value of this film to me as a filmmaker and documentary film creator is higher than what it would be for someone I might recommend the film to who doesn't have a history or experience in making documentaries.

That said, if you enjoy documentaries, then you'll probably watching the Moment of Contact moderately enjoyable and interesting.