Jackie Bergson Archives - RADICAL SCOTTISH POLITICAL WRITING

RADICAL SCOTTISH POLITICAL WRITING

Film Review

15th November 202215th November 20223 months ago Scottish Left Review 4 min read 200 Views

Kevin Macdonald, director, The Mauritanian, 2021 (with writers: Rory Haines, Michael Bronner and Sohrab Noshirvani) Reviewed by Jackie Bergson. The Mauritanian

Film Review

13th September 202213th September 20225 months ago Scottish Left Review 4 min read 258 Views

Ben Lawrence, director, Ithaka (2022) Reviewed by Jackie Bergson At its simplest, Ithaka tells the story of a father, John Shipton,

Film Review

13th July 202213th July 20227 months ago Scottish Left Review 4 min read 322 Views

Jonas Poher Rasmussen, director, Flee (2021) Reviewed by Jackie Bergson True stories which are told in first person throughout a feature

Documentary Review

10th January 202210th January 20221 year ago Scottish Left Review 3 min read 537 Views

Steve Sprung, writer/director, The Plan That Came From The Bottom Up, 2018 Reviewed by Jackie Bergson The need for the human

Film Review

15th November 202115th November 20211 year ago Scottish Left Review 4 min read 452 Views

Shaka King (director) and Will Berson, Shaka King, Kenny Lucas and Keith Lucas (writers), Judas and the Black Messiah (2021) Reviewed

Film Review

8th September 20218th September 20211 year ago Scottish Left Review 3 min read 581 Views

Robin Bissell, director, The Best of Enemies (2019) Reviewed by Jackie Bergson Durham, North Carolina, 1971. A school which educates black

Film Review

15th July 202115th July 20212 years ago Scottish Left Review 3 min read 624 Views

Nadine Labaki, director, Capernaum (2018) Reviewed by Jackie Bergson Capernaum is a devastatingly captivating drama which overflows with ingenuity and social

Film Review

12th January 202112th January 20212 years ago Scottish Left Review 3 min read 809 Views

Detroit (2017), director, Kathryn Bigelow and screenwriter, Mark Boal Reviewed by Jackie Bergson. The first female to win an Oscar for

Film Review

9th November 20209th November 20202 years ago Scottish Left Review 3 min read 751 Views

Hiroshima (2005), produced and directed by Paul Wilmhurst Reviewed by Jackie Bergson. Premiered on British terrestrial television earlier this year, Hiroshima

Film Review

7th September 20207th September 20202 years ago Scottish Left Review 3 min read 983 Views

I Am Not Your Negro (2016), Director: Raoul Peck Reviewed by Jackie Bergson Documentary director, Raoul Peck, strikes a supremely eloquent

Film Review

2nd July 20202nd July 20203 years ago Scottish Left Review 3 min read 734 Views

Midnight Traveller (2020) – Director: Hassan Fazili, Editor: Emelie Mahdahvian Reviewed by Jackie Bergson Increasingly soaring refugee numbers within recent years

Documentary Review

17th January 202017th January 20203 years ago SLR 3 min read 751 Views

The Big Meeting (2019), director: Daniel Draper, editor: Christie Allanson Reviewed by Jackie Bergson The Big Meeting is a documentary by

Film Review

16th September 20193 years ago SLR 3 min read 925 Views

XY Chelsea, 2019, director: Tim Travers Hawkins Reviewed by Jackie Bergson Political and social relevance resounds sensitively and intensely within this