melissajdavey
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The story of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya played by Maxine Peake, will leave you changed. Premiering the day before the UN's Press Freedom Day, the film takes you on a realistic journey alongside Politkovskaya as she risks everything to cover the second Chechen War.
Politkovskaya was murdered in 2006 for reporting on Russian war crimes and atrocities in Chechnya.
The film was shot beautifully with deliberate drone sequences and perfectly lit scenes that gave broad perspective to the narrative.
A very strong cast including Jason Isaacs, and Ciaran Hinds grab you with their emotionally charged scenes.
While this story occurred almost 20 years ago it remains unfortunately relevant today. The end of the film is strikingly poignant when the screen is filled with picture of the many journalists killed while pursuing the truth.
Beautifully directed, this film will stay with you.
Politkovskaya was murdered in 2006 for reporting on Russian war crimes and atrocities in Chechnya.
The film was shot beautifully with deliberate drone sequences and perfectly lit scenes that gave broad perspective to the narrative.
A very strong cast including Jason Isaacs, and Ciaran Hinds grab you with their emotionally charged scenes.
While this story occurred almost 20 years ago it remains unfortunately relevant today. The end of the film is strikingly poignant when the screen is filled with picture of the many journalists killed while pursuing the truth.
Beautifully directed, this film will stay with you.
I got to see this film at the Phoenixville Film Festival in September and it has stayed with me. I am a filmmaker so I am very aware of what it took, on a limited budget, to create this film. Kudos to this team for creating a film that hits all of the viewers emotions. The storyline may seem cliched for some but to me the topic is real and the portrayal of this scenario was done beautifully.
The writing by Aimee was tight and I think important to be written from a woman's point of view. This very easily could have been a darker more visibly disturbing film, which many of this genre are, but Aimee took the viewer close to the edge knowing when to stop and allow the viewer to imagine the worst rather than having to see it. She also gave a very strong acting role to the film as did the entire ensemble.
Danny's direction of the film was tight and he too acted in the film. His presence on screen was creatively orchestrated (I don't want to give away any more than that so as not to spoil the twists and turns at the end).
The filming was done in the Philly area and it was fun seeing places I know. Beautiful camera angles that boosted each scene. Great music.
This is a must see. Bravo to the entire film team for taking a difficult and very real topic to life in a way that stops short of salacious and instead packs a real punch allowing the viewer to use their imagination.
The writing by Aimee was tight and I think important to be written from a woman's point of view. This very easily could have been a darker more visibly disturbing film, which many of this genre are, but Aimee took the viewer close to the edge knowing when to stop and allow the viewer to imagine the worst rather than having to see it. She also gave a very strong acting role to the film as did the entire ensemble.
Danny's direction of the film was tight and he too acted in the film. His presence on screen was creatively orchestrated (I don't want to give away any more than that so as not to spoil the twists and turns at the end).
The filming was done in the Philly area and it was fun seeing places I know. Beautiful camera angles that boosted each scene. Great music.
This is a must see. Bravo to the entire film team for taking a difficult and very real topic to life in a way that stops short of salacious and instead packs a real punch allowing the viewer to use their imagination.