Reviews

Everything about this film is just amazing. I could watch it everyday of my life.

As much as the story was worthy of a documentary it was just too drawn out and didn't need or deserve 6 long episodes to detail. Unfortunately for both the family in subject and the viewer, there is no real outcome or revelation that grants this long story, the viewer might have felt the 6 part mini series was justified if at the end they were blown out the water but sadly this didn't happen. I felt I needed to know the man the story was about but no details of this guy were given at all other than he was a scientist for the army, more details were given on his son who talks throughout the documentary often interrupted by the film maker unnecessarily. Because of this I failed to have any sort of relationship with the subject and so didn't have the yearn for truth that was so desperately wanted by the interviewed parties.

Unfortunately this was painted to be a compelling story of mis-justice that was then solved or at least contested but it was nothing more than a diary or almost autobiography of someone we'd never heard of. The constant reference to Racism in the families past was almost building up to some sort of mis-justice due to race or color but that didn't seem to be the case. There was parts talking about the struggle of coming to terms with sexuality and growing up which seemed completely irrelevant to the confusing story line that zigzagged at the speed of a snail. Don't get my wrong its a sad story, no one should be murdered and no one should have to deal with a death in family but I just couldn't help but feel this documentary was almost the director/producers way of dealing with it rather than it shedding any light on a given subject. This was almost a professionally shot YouTube video certainly not fit for mainstream Netflix.