Mabel took over the men's jobs in her Maori community, driving a school bus and running the family business. A throwback to the heyday of such talking-heads documentaries as Word Is Out and Seeing Red , the movie takes its time with each of these women. Fyfe is rarely heard on the soundtrack, and the interviews have obviously been edited to eliminate dead spots, but there's no sense of manipulation or distortion. However invisible she may be, Fyfe obviously asked the right questions and established a warm rapport. Never Told Us is sharing screen time this week at the Varsity with a documentary from this year's festival, The Reggae Movie.
Separate admission is required for the two programs.
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