Not Going Quietly

Name: Not Going Quietly
Genre: Documentary
Released: August 13, 2021
Duration: 96 min
Rating: 73
Cast: Ady Barkan, Ana Maria Archila, Elizabeth Jaff, Nate Smith, Racheal King

2021

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Greenwich Entertainment | Release Date: August 13, 2021 | Not Rated

Starring: Ady Barkan, Ana Maria Archila, Elizabeth Jaff, Nate Smith, Racheal King, Tracey Corder

Summary: Ady Barkan’s life is upended when he is diagnosed with ALS, but a confrontation with a powerful Senator catapults him to national fame and ignites a once-in-a-generation political movement.

Director: Nicholas Bruckman

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 96 min

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John DeFore

Mar 23, 2021

Barkan proves a highly engaging man, impassioned but funnier than a terminally ill man should be. Intimate scenes with his young family are essential to the appeal of a film whose big issues remain as pressing now as they were during filming in 2018. Read full review

Tomris Laffly

Aug 12, 2021

Along with his editor Kent Bassett, Bruckman weaves these events together rather conventionally yet thoughtfully, making plenty of room for Barkan’s home life and appealingly chipper character that he somehow manages to maintain through all his battles. Read full review

Cody Song

Aug 26, 2021

The film shines when we get to see Barkan as a fully formed figure. Read full review

IndieWire Eric Kohn

Mar 23, 2021

The movie makes its points in grand, emotional gestures more than policy nuances, but what it lacks in sophistication it makes up in immediacy. The drama acts as a visceral of ode to the nature of activism under dire circumstances. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

Aug 11, 2021

Not Going Quietly lets us see a fierce, and dying, advocate for health care show us what John Lewis meant by “Good trouble.” Read full review

Simon Abrams

Aug 13, 2021

Not Going Quietly credibly highlights the “moral stakes” of Barkan’s cause, as one of his colleague says, with a welcome mix of candor and artful consideration. Read full review

The Guardian Leslie Felperin

Apr 5, 2022

Smart, funny and endearingly sweary even when he loses the power to speak without computer assistance, Barkan is a charismatic character who’s easy to like, although one wonders how much the documentary crew resisted showing anything that might dent the halo the film sets round his head. Read full review

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