FROM 7 Jul
Reality
Tina Satter
Using the transcript of the arrest of whistleblower Reality Winner, Tina Satter’s superb piece of verbatim cinema asks questions about how power is wielded in real life.
The ‘interviewees’ are members of a dysfunctional family, whose relationships have been irrevocably altered.
So convincing are the performances that we can be forgiven for thinking we are watching a documentary – not least because the film, which was shot over three days on a budget of just £10,000, concludes with disturbing statistics on the reporting and prosecution of the offence in Northern Ireland.
- INDIE FILM