TIME .

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#TIME

A simply extraordinary documentary that will move you beyond words.

I think it was the late, great #RogerEbert who remarked that the, uh, remarkable #UpSeries wasn't merely about time, but it was time itself. Man, is that observation so apt here. Time - the mesmeric, no-talking-heads, you are there editing rhythms, it completely pulls you into the family's world so you acutely feel the individual impact that an abstract, and nebulous?, a concept as the criminal justice system has on people.

The black and white cinematography is incredible, really, making the whole film film out of time, timeless, and those long, slow, ominous zooms…and speaking of editing, I missed the #Oscars bylaws disqualifying documentaries from the editing category…I mean, if there was a film that deserved an editing #Oscar nom, it's this one.

But, yeah, it's all at the service of the remarkable woman at the center of it all and her quest: Fox Rich. Charismatic, relentless, firm, loving; she's one of those you'd-have-to-make-them-up-if-they-didn't-exist people.

And, uh, spoiler alert, but those phone calls from her office desk, boy, talk about the the powerlessness of the individual in the face of an unrelenting, unyielding, unfeeling bureaucracy…

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#GarrettBradley #GabrielRhodes #NisaEast #ZacManuel #JustinZweifach
#FoxRich #RobRich
#TimeMovie #TimeTheMovie @timemovie @amazonprimevideo @garrettgarrettbradleybradley

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