Name: Subject
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2023-11-03T00:00:00.000Z
Duration: 1 min 37 s
Rating: 74
Cast: Evgeny Afineevsky, Arthur Agee, Mukunda Angulo, Patricia Aufderheide, Assia Boundaoui

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2023
1 h 37 m

2023
1 h 37 m

Summary In the golden age of documentaries, who benefits? Subject reveals the unintended consequences – good, bad, and complicated – of having your life shared on screen. Featuring the protagonists of acclaimed documentaries The Staircase, Hoop Dreams, The Wolfpack, Capturing the Friedmans, and The Square, as well as the filmmakers of Minding th...

Documentary

Directed By: Camilla Hall, Jennifer Tiexiera

Written By: Lauren Saffa, Camilla Hall, Jennifer Tiexiera

In Theaters Now

2023
1 h 37 m

2023
1 h 37 m

Subject

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews

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Directed By: Camilla Hall, Jennifer Tiexiera

Written By: Lauren Saffa, Camilla Hall, Jennifer Tiexiera

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Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews

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IndieWire

Nov 1, 2023

Hall and Tiexiera create something incredibly special with Subject. The subject matter (pun totally intended) yields a documentary that isn’t against the documentary world, but wants audiences to simply question what they’re watching

By Kristen Lopez FULL REVIEW

The Hollywood Reporter

Nov 6, 2023

A documentary dork’s delight, Jennifer Tiexiera and Camilla Hall’s Subject is one of those films about which my biggest lament is that it could have been five times as long — with the caveat that while I would be down for a 10-part series on documentary ethics, this 96-minute intro will be a thoroughly effective conversation starter.

By Dan Fienberg FULL REVIEW

Time Out

Nov 1, 2023

Subject acknowledges sensitivities are shifting but also pointedly makes clear, for the damaged souls here, they didn’t change quick enough.

By Ian Freer FULL REVIEW

The Guardian

Nov 1, 2023

The question of who gets to tell stories is discussed (spoiler: mostly white men, until recently), and for a 97-minute film, Subject squeezes in a lot of ethical biggies.

By Cath Clarke FULL REVIEW

RogerEbert.com

Nov 3, 2023

Subject includes harrowing stories while leading voices in the documentary sphere offer their insights. It’s not a film out for blood, which becomes a blessing and a curse for its filmmakers.

By Robert Daniels FULL REVIEW

Variety

Nov 6, 2023

It’s easy to form an opinion about the subject of a great many docs, but unsettling to realize how little we know about how they were treated.

By Peter Debruge FULL REVIEW

The New York Times

Nov 2, 2023

Subject is at its clearest when interrogating the material conditions of documentary filmmaking, as during a segment about whether the subjects of nonfiction films have the right to be paid for their participation; it feels slipperier when glossing issues of diversity and representation.

By Calum Marsh FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Lady & Bird Films, Time Studios

Release Date Nov 3, 2023

Duration 1 h 37 m

Genres

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Awards

Thin Line Festival

• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

Calgary International Film Festival

• 1 Nomination

Tribeca Film Festival

• 1 Nomination

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Evgeny Afineevsky

Arthur Agee

Mukunda Angulo

Patricia Aufderheide

Assia Boundaoui

Joe Brewster

Sonya Childress

Valerie Complex

Rebecca Day

Elaine Friedman

Jesse Friedman

Davis Guggenheim

Ahmed Hassan

Kirsten Johnson

Daresha Kyi

Caroline Libresco

Bing Liu

Michael Peterson

Sam Pollard

Thom Powers

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