Jackie Bergson Archives - RADICAL SCOTTISH POLITICAL WRITING

Deceived Into War: Film Review

17th April 20239th May 20231 month ago SLR 3 min read

Jackie Bergson reviews Official Secrets (2019). Director: Gavin Hood. Writers: Gavin Hood, Gregory Bernstein, Sara Bernstein Her belief that GCHQ have

Film Review

15th November 202215th November 20226 months ago Scottish Left Review 4 min read

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 20229 months ago Scottish Left Review 4 min read

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 202211 months ago Scottish Left Review 4 min read

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

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 20212 years ago Scottish Left Review 4 min read

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 20212 years ago Scottish Left Review 3 min read

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

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

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 20203 years ago Scottish Left Review 3 min read

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 20203 years ago Scottish Left Review 3 min read

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

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

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 20194 years ago SLR 3 min read

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