The Activist (2014)

The Activist: Directed by Cyril Morin. With Chadwick Brown, Tonantzin Carmelo, Michael Spears, Ron Roggé. A political thriller during the Wounded Knee insurrection in 1973. Two activist are arrested and maintain in custody in a sheriff’s office. They will meet a Nixon advisor, a lawyer, a senator and a movie star who is also an activist. Feb 2013 will be the 40Th anniversary of the insurrection…

“8.9 of 10. The best men and women in a box legal story since 12 Angry Men. Despite having more space, the setting increases the sense of being confined with nowhere to go.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eItu0026#39;s definitely not the usual prison film either. Time doesnu0026#39;t slip by quickly with suspenseful action scenes quickly shifting from one to the next as many years pass by.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAs a result, this isnu0026#39;t a film to step into and out of. Far too slow moving for that. It really needs to be watched in full, from the start without stepping away. That said, the documentary aspects of it still shine through if only the second half is watched. If youu0026#39;re already very knowledgeable of this time in history, it will be far less intriguing. Fortunately, it covers some modern history thatu0026#39;s rarely discussed much less turned into films.”