Cold Case Hammarskjöld

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12/13/2021 Holy Mary mother of God. There's a difference between having a suspicion that things like this happen and seeing how far reaching the global industrial complex can be and how evil. I am more distributed to be an American after watching this brilliant documentary than ever before. Not to spoil it for you because you should really watch it yourself, but there's more than one deep and disturbing "surprise". Amazing what they uncovered that was there to see all along but no one else asked. Watch it. See more 12/06/2020 Fascinating subject presented in a bland, jumbled way. See more William L 10/29/2020 Okay, I'm going to spoil the film's allegations here: former UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld, who perished in a plane crash under mysterious circumstances (factual so far), was actually the victim of an assassination by a covert group of internationally funded Apartheid-allied mercenaries who were also responsible for directly infecting African residents with AIDS in a kind of race war effort under cover of vaccination. Most of the physical evidence is pretty flimsy, relying instead on a few key witnesses, though the implications are substantial if verifiable. There are instances where potential evidence is disproven, and to their credit, the team fully admits their mistake in ascribing potential value to them. Brügger often comes off as a bit manic, which I suppose is justifiable, though there are a few directorial choices that might make you groan; at one point, Brügger ponders allegations that a card placed in Hammarskjöld's shirt color in the wreckage was an ace of spades, the death card, and then multiple times plays a clip of himself playing solitaire where every card is an ace of spades. Ugh. I think it's largely the rampant speculation (thinking out loud) and lack of hard evidence that keeps the film from feeling substantial. (2.5/5) See more 10/18/2020 Very disappointing. Movie about the movie-makers rather than the subject, and the frustration of which of their sources to believe (if any). So they found the wreckage (possibly) but never went to the trouble of getting permission to dig it up. That was the story, but they didn't do it. That is what real investigators would have done, but they were in love with themselves instead. Then they talked to a few people who would not talk to them or lied to them. Their final source, whom they seemed to believe, could so easily have been making everything up that they wanted to hear. Much of it was boring. I nearly fell asleep. See more 09/05/2020 Like all of Brugger's docs so far, refreshing and thought provoking. Wish I could buy on Blu-Ray. See more dave d 03/11/2020 This doc is bonkers. The quest is to find out more details on the death of a former UN Secretary who died in a plane crash. The journey is a long ride down the bizarre lanes of conspiracy theories and truth. Where do we land? It's hard to tell if we found anything out in the end, but the journey is well worth it! Final Score: 8.0/10 See more Read all reviews

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