Director Marc Isaac’s latest documentary The Road: A Story of Life and Death exposes the relatively unexplored lives of those immigrants who, having abandoned their homes in search of richer lives in London, now live along the A5, an old road that runs all the way from Marble Arch, London to Holyhead, Wales. Rather than simply shoving facts and figures down our throats, Isaacs lets the characters to the talking, as they speak candidly about their lives now and the hardships they’ve faced along the way.
It’s an approach that, thanks to the trustworthy relationships Isaac establishes with the colourful array of people he brings to the audience’s attention (from those who are unrelenting in their determination to make a better lives for themselves, to those who are, for all intents and purpose, past the point of trying), works in a moving and inspiring manner. As...
It’s an approach that, thanks to the trustworthy relationships Isaac establishes with the colourful array of people he brings to the audience’s attention (from those who are unrelenting in their determination to make a better lives for themselves, to those who are, for all intents and purpose, past the point of trying), works in a moving and inspiring manner. As...
- 2/18/2013
- by Jamie Neish
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
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