Misan Harriman: Shoot the People

The film doesn't know if it wants to be a document of Harriman's work, a documentary about his life and travels, or an examination of Western resistance movements - and becomes an unsatisfactory amalgamation of the 3. + That Oscars scene in particular was dreadful, and it…

ASJackson

Utterly confusing. There’s no way you can convince me that the director of this documentary didn’t want to expose the subject as delusional. The guy takes pictures of people holding signs at protests and is comparing himself to Peter Magubane? He said he felt connected to…

Gabe Real

This doc should have been about South African photographer Peter Magubane…the five minutes spent with Magubane’s comrade who curates his legacy was the best part of the documentary. The Academy Awards segment was too long and added nothing to the film. The montages of…

Bill Leach

This documentary is primarily about the British-Nigerian photographer named above its title, Misan Harriman. He's an engaging guy, who was born into a wealthy family and was educated in the UK, and spent many years chasing the acquisition of wealth through working in…

Ewan Munro

Reviewed by Leila Latif for Sight and Sound Many documentaries about exceptional individuals strain a little too hard to translate their subjects’ lives into familiar emotional terms. But Shoot the People does not chase a reductive notion of ‘relatability’. It allows its…

Sight and Sound

In an interview bite where Harriman is contending with his own privilege, we hear him say, “I could be jumping from one film and fashion party to the other. I have plenty of, I guess, celebrity friends that I could be hanging around with and just turn my head away from the…

POV Magazine

June 20th: It has now been two days since I attented the screening for Shoot The People and I find myself still struggling to put my thoughts together in order to write a coherent review.  Very early on it becomes evident that Misan Harriman, the photographer who this…

Selma Eugenia

An exceptionally powerful journey through three continents with photographer and activist Misan Harriman as he geniusly documents protest, uprising, social power, and the influence of dialogue. Commendably edited, with archival footage accompanying shots of Misan himself,…

Ben Nixon

big MEH. some of the interviews were really interesting but ultimately you were learning about the activism of others and, i guess, harriman’s motivation (inspiration?) for shooting. he travels around the world making sure to platform the causes of his subjects, EXCEPT in…

karlijai