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  • A Boy's Life (2002)
    Review preview for A Boy's Life

    If it weren't for the fact that A Boy's Life is set in the bedrock of white trash Mississippi, this would be no more than an extended social services report.

    David Stanners · 2.5 out of 5
    Documentary about a dysfunctional boy and his family in small town Mississippi.
  • Ethel (2011)
    Review preview for Ethel

    Rory Kennedy's revealing and thoughtful documentary on her mother, Ethel, is a declaration of love, rarely seen on film.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 4.5 out of 5
    Documentary about the director's mother, Ethel Kennedy.
  • Ghosts Of Abu Ghraib (2007)
    Review preview for Ghosts Of Abu Ghraib

    Kennedy’s film paints a comprehensive picture of incompetence and negligence, coupled with a staggering amount of ‘looking the other way’ by more senior personnel.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    Documentary investigation into the torture scandal at Abu Ghraib prison.

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