For reasons of this review, it's important at least to me to state that I'm an older white U. S. citizen. I follow series that document two specific kinds of crime: 1) unjust convictions; and 2) disappearances under unexplained circumstances. I've watched every episode of "Disappeared" multiple times. Forums? Subreddits? Public demonstrations (and more)? Done, and done.
NO disappearances have ever enraged me more than those of Terrance Williams and Felipe Santos. I had read a while back that Tyler Perry shared this rage for Terrance Williams. I was so happy, briefly. I thought people who knew--and there ARE people who know--would come forward because of Mr. Perry's celebrity.
Nope.
"Never Seen Again" is A+ for production values. Not a penny is spared. The cinematography (yes, drones and God-shots) is too "2020's" for me, too Unsolved Mysteries (Netflix). Other than that, the soundtrack, the narration, the scripting, the excerpts from recorded interviews--the quality is brilliant. The journalists and investigators who appear single-camera, as on "Disappeared" and "Unsolved Mysteries" (Netflix), are passionate about finally, please God, finally giving Terrance's family and Felipe's family the peace they deserve.
So glad to see the Calkins' interview broadcast. No one can say the (presumably white) interrogator went easy on him; and this footage should have been public long ago. Tyler Perry states early in the first episode that "Never Seen Again" is the first time the interviews have been public. Why? WHY?
If "Never Seen Again" maintains quality as good as it does on the most enraging missing persons' cases in this millennium, Paramount+ will have done a public service to the missing.
