I recently had the pleasure of enjoying this film at the Corona Cork Film Festival. It was at an 11am screening and I wasn't expecting much from it. I had, however, seen the famous 1990s film that treated this subject and so I thought I'd check it out.
It is the best documentary I've seen since "Man on Wire". The story unfolds gradually and even if you don't know the background to the film you are filled in on it in due course.
It seems to have been shot on some non-fancy digital cameras. Nevertheless it has a real cinematographic feel to it, with cutaway material that transcends its status as B-roll footage and becomes a series of vignettes; sustained slow-paced studies that are a delight in their own right and perfectly augment the main content, which is interviews.
The music is beautiful and I note the composer recently received an award for this.
What is most striking about the film is the tenderness and humanity of its intervention into the life of its subjects. It brings you totally into their world for the duration of the film - and not just in terms of the broader issues being discussed; the everyday small moments that are part of their routine are given great resonance and become imbued with imprint of the past event.