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Movie Info

Genre:

documentary
Original Language:

English
Director:

William Greaves
Release Date (Theaters):

Oct 23, 2020 limited
Release Date (Streaming):

Dec 22, 2020

Cast & Crew

Sidney Poitier
Narrator

Harry Belafonte
Narrator

William Greaves
Director

Critic Reviews for Nationtime

All Critics (17) | Top Critics (7) | Fresh (17)

Although Nationtime hews closely to the conventions of nonfiction filmmaking-a fly-on-the-wall perspective dominates-the documentary showcases Greaves's gifts for capturing the ways that energy shifts and ricochets among groups of people.

February 19, 2021 | Full Review…

Melissa Anderson
4Columns
The pleasures of Nationtime are largely observational. Its you-are-there immediacy can be thrilling; you often feel like you're witnessing something important. What you see is what you get.

December 1, 2020 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Steve Davis
Austin Chronicle
It's fascinating and unfortunately still too relevant.

October 24, 2020 | Full Review…

Christy Lemire
FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
It's a fascinating document.

October 24, 2020 | Full Review…

Peter Rainer
FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
Nationtime is a call to action, showing us how far we have come in some ways.

October 23, 2020 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…

Nell Minow
RogerEbert.com
Even if the film avoids digging into some of the political detail, it's a vivid portrait of a once-in-a-lifetime gathering.

October 23, 2020 | Full Review…

Alonso Duralde
TheWrap
... almost everything said, every grudge aired, every injustice decried are still sickeningly relevant and familiar.

January 17, 2021 | Full Review…

David Bax
Battleship Pretension
Some time capsules must remain open.

November 23, 2020 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…

Michael J. Casey
Michael J. Cinema
You can see how Greaves captures the energy of the event, observing speakers such as Jesse Jackson, Coretta Scott King, and Betty Shabazz, as well as the effect their speeches have on the attendees.

November 17, 2020 | Full Review…

Dan Schindel
Hyperallergic
...what's here was already breathtaking, full of explosive passion from speakers and cheering crowds who were beginning to understand their political worth to themselves and to the wider Democrat party.

November 2, 2020 | Full Review…

Glenn Dunks
The Film Experience
It's a fairly straight-ahead archive reassemble, but haunting and powerful in its timeliness and the realization that the asks back then still have not been answered.

October 29, 2020 | Full Review…

Tom Meek
Cambridge Day
...with its appearances by Bobby Seale, Coretta Scott King, Congressman Charles Diggs, Betty Shabazz, Sidney Poitier and more, it still feels like a summit for the ages.

October 29, 2020 | Full Review…

Dennis Harvey
48 Hills