But this forensic turn has a dark side. When you make a documentary about Michael Jackson ( Leaving Neverland ) or R. Kelly ( Surviving R. Kelly ), you are not just reporting on abuse; you are forcing the audience to become complicit witnesses. Dan Reed’s Leaving Neverland is four hours long. It is deliberately, painfully slow. It forces you to sit in the discomfort of Wade Robson and James Safechuck’s testimony. There is no archival footage of Jackson doing the act; there is only the geometry of train stations and the layout of bedrooms.
The genre is also moving away from the "Great Man" theory of history. Instead of one genius director, we are seeing ensemble docs that feature key grips, script supervisors, and craft services. Because the truth is, no movie is made by one person, and no scandal is survived alone. -GirlsDoPorn- 18 Years Old - E320 -27.06.15- HOT-