Like a kick in the chest.

Rating: Null/10 (15 May 2002)

This is an extremely visceral film, and thoroughly absorbing. The performances ar universally superb, right across the board, and the atmosphere of the day, both among the marchers and the defense forces is superbly created in the films harsh but compelling documentary style. If the film has a fault, it's the danger that it will replace the actual events of the day in the imaginations of the public, but considering it is so heavily based on documented accounts, I don't suppose you can blame it for that.
It's shot at very close quarters, and often there are dozens of people on screen, so it makes for heady viewing. Excellent stuff.