Shoot the People

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

san francisco documentary film festival 2025: 3/? "you could travel the world with this [camera] and just bear witness." quite a powerful documentary about activism and protesting that is specifically about the importance and power of documenting protests and struggles…

Kraina.

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 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

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

A decent albeit indistinct exploration of photography's role in capturing and illuminating activist movements. I say indistinct because it doesn't really dive into the person, keeping focus on the protests he is capturing, but it doesn't really dive into those movements,…

Harrison

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

Great doc. I loved hearing Misan Harriman reflect so thoughtfully and articulately on his work, his position, questions of privilege and protest and purpose. The use of a bit of Nicholas Britell's poignant score from If Beale Streat Could Talk towards the end is an apt…

Paul Gallagher

he seems like a very lovely and talented individual but unfortunately this documentary was all over the place

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