“A documentary dork’s delight. The starting point for a conversation about depiction, exploitation and documentary ethics. Interesting and entertaining. I hope Subject finds a home where many people can watch it, because this is a good start. I want more.”

— Daniel Fienberg,

“[An] insightful ethical exploration. It’s amazing the amount of content ‘Subject’ packs into a tight 90-minute package… There’s a fluidity and grace to how Hall and Tiexiera dissect everything… Hall and Tiexiera create something incredibly special. A great place to start for getting at the heart of why audiences love the truth of documentary, and what that truth really means.”

— Kristen Lopez,

“Should be required viewing.”

— Addie Morfoot,

“Fantastic, probing, and compassionate.”

— Gary Kramer,

“The most inspired movie on the [festival] docket… We should be shocked that no one’s broached this territory before… Going deep into modern doc history… the movie opens a hefty can of modern media worms, right in the middle of the new Golden Age of nonfiction filmmaking.”

— Michael Atkinson,

“A thoughtful interrogation of what documentary is, and where it’s going.”

— Jason Bailey,

“Powerful, extremely empathetic and captivatingly composed, Subject is one of the great ‘films about film’ to hit theaters this year.”

— Joshua Brunsting,

“Probes the post-screen afterlives and reflective minds of some of nonfiction cinema’s most recognizable stars. By combining contemporary interviews with characters from Capturing the Friedmans, Hoop Dreams, The Staircase, The Wolfpack, and The Square with sit-downs with acclaimed documentary directors, academics and various experts, a bigger and deeper picture emerges.”

— Lauren Wissot,

“Revisiting these films with new considerations around the ethics of nonfiction storytelling and the responsibility that directors have to their subjects, the documentary offers challenging questions to filmmakers and audiences alike.”

— Dan Schindel,

“A necessary addendum to the documentary experience, and should shed interesting light on the ways such films have helped—or hindered—their subjects.”

— Piers Marchant,

“Provocative meditation on how ordinary lives can be affected once their personal stories have been presented to the world for consumption.”

— Peter Sobczynski,

“Offers some hard objective truths about participating in docs. A film very much of its moment.”

— Stephen Saito,

“Dares to ask the important questions.”

— Amartya Acharya,