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William Repass Slant Magazine Apr 6
3/4
We sorely need documentaries like Direct Action that can show not only the real leverage that militant mass movements can exert, but how that power can be redirected from protest to the building of autonomous communities and back again. Go to Full Review Joshua Peinado In Review Online May 3
The audience must consider what they wanted or expected to see in this documentary. In the film’s only real show of force against the government, it breaks the fourth wall to tell on itself: this isn’t what it should be filming. Go to Full Review Jaime Pena Caimán Cuadernos de Cine 08/07/2024
Everything in this film by Guillaume Cailleau and Ben Russell is based on the simplest elements, and therefore also the most radical and the most political. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Vadim Rizov Filmmaker Magazine 05/31/2024
The film rejects a strong narrative arc or throughline characters, favoring a collective portrait as is only appropriate given the subject... Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Guillaume Cailleau

Director

Ben Russell

Director

Guillaume Cailleau

Producer

Ben Russell

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Guillaume Cailleau

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Ben Russell

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Movie Info

Director
Guillaume Cailleau, Ben Russell
Producer
Guillaume Cailleau
Production Co
Volte Film, CASKFILMS
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
French (France)
Runtime
3h 36m