Interrogate This

An interesting subject to make a documentary about but I feel it was a little too long and dragged out, which made it hard for me to stayed focused on. Yet I was very surprised when the director, Maryanne Galvin, mentioned during the panel discussion that she shot the whole film by herself and that it took years to complete. It was also shocking to say she made a documentary film during her "spare time" while being a full time psychologist. Therefore, I will admit that her work on this film was exceptional and extremely well put together. I found that a lot of the information in the film was repetitive, so that is why it seemed to drag on and on. On a good note though, the reenactments of the interrogations seemed so real that I didn't know they were recreations until Maryanne mentioned it. The panel discussion following the film was great though. It was enticing to have people that work in the psychology field answer any questions that were asked about interrogation and engage in conversation with the audience. The best was to have the filmmaker there herself and directly talk about her film. All in all, this wasn't one of my favorites of the festival but I will say it was a decent film.