Direction: Garrett Bradley
Country: USA
Shot in black-and-white for artistic purposes and using both original footage and home videos recorded over 18 years, Garrett Bradley’s Time is a short documentary film turned feature that succeeds as an example of a tenacious years-long fight against the American justice system.
This is the story of Sibil Fox Richardson, a committed mother of six and modern-day abolitionist, who spent more than 20 years fighting for the release of her husband, Robert, from the Louisiana State Penitentiary, after both had attempted to rob a bank in a desperate phase of their youth. While she served three and a half years, he was sentenced to 60, an injustice that, as the film claims, is the story of many other in America.
Although delivered with fortitude, steadfastness and passion, the film fails to maintain the promptitude in showing a troubled, flawed legal system. However, the numerous frustrations in the process as well as the trepidation and matureness that gradually increase as the years sped forward are definitely bonus points. A grievous love story with a light at the end of the tunnel.
