Deceived Into War: Film Review
Jackie Bergson reviews Official Secrets (2019). Director: Gavin Hood. Writers: Gavin Hood, Gregory Bernstein, Sara Bernstein Her belief that GCHQ have
Read moreJackie Bergson reviews Official Secrets (2019). Director: Gavin Hood. Writers: Gavin Hood, Gregory Bernstein, Sara Bernstein Her belief that GCHQ have
Read moreKevin Macdonald, director, The Mauritanian, 2021 (with writers: Rory Haines, Michael Bronner and Sohrab Noshirvani) Reviewed by Jackie Bergson. The Mauritanian
Read moreBen Lawrence, director, Ithaka (2022) Reviewed by Jackie Bergson At its simplest, Ithaka tells the story of a father, John Shipton,
Read moreJonas Poher Rasmussen, director, Flee (2021) Reviewed by Jackie Bergson True stories which are told in first person throughout a feature
Read moreSteve Sprung, writer/director, The Plan That Came From The Bottom Up, 2018 Reviewed by Jackie Bergson The need for the human
Read moreShaka King (director) and Will Berson, Shaka King, Kenny Lucas and Keith Lucas (writers), Judas and the Black Messiah (2021) Reviewed
Read moreRobin Bissell, director, The Best of Enemies (2019) Reviewed by Jackie Bergson Durham, North Carolina, 1971. A school which educates black
Read moreNadine Labaki, director, Capernaum (2018) Reviewed by Jackie Bergson Capernaum is a devastatingly captivating drama which overflows with ingenuity and social
Read moreDetroit (2017), director, Kathryn Bigelow and screenwriter, Mark Boal Reviewed by Jackie Bergson. The first female to win an Oscar for
Read moreHiroshima (2005), produced and directed by Paul Wilmhurst Reviewed by Jackie Bergson. Premiered on British terrestrial television earlier this year, Hiroshima
Read moreI Am Not Your Negro (2016), Director: Raoul Peck Reviewed by Jackie Bergson Documentary director, Raoul Peck, strikes a supremely eloquent
Read moreMidnight Traveller (2020) – Director: Hassan Fazili, Editor: Emelie Mahdahvian Reviewed by Jackie Bergson Increasingly soaring refugee numbers within recent years
Read moreThe Big Meeting (2019), director: Daniel Draper, editor: Christie Allanson Reviewed by Jackie Bergson The Big Meeting is a documentary by
Read moreXY Chelsea, 2019, director: Tim Travers Hawkins Reviewed by Jackie Bergson Political and social relevance resounds sensitively and intensely within this
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