Nothing short of a trial on the scale of Nuremberg, for everyone from Biden and Netanyahu down to the individual Israeli Occupation Forces depicted in these horrifying scenes. Made me physically sick, knowing it is our money, our weapons, and our leaders making each and every atrocity committed possible.
Link to the full documentary on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPE6vbKix6A
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
Answering, “Girl, you know I have” in a polygraph test about a plot to commit treason is iconic behavior.
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
Using Tom Blyth as a honeypot for entrapping gay men is like bringing a nuclear weapon to a knife fight.
Excellent performances all around, brilliant editing. Effectively portrayed this internal battle against a cacophony of anxiety, paranoia, grief, lack of self-acceptance, trauma, and homophobia. That final scene was extremely moving after all that built up tension, and Maria Dizzia deserves commendation for being able to communicate so much without speaking.
Sundance 2025 #4
A fascinating and heartbreaking portrait of queer resilience in the face of fascist persecution and genocide. It was very moving to see queer people of this era live so openly and authentically (often with archival pictures and film), especially given the efforts to erase their existence both then and now.
The parallels to our current political climate are chilling and this serves as a much-needed reminder that progress can easily be reversed and that fascism must be crushed by any means necessary.
I only wish that these stories had more time to be told - this would have been a great documentary series.
