- Network: HBO
- Series Premiere Date: Feb 7, 2019
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A half-hour documentary short that's equal parts uplifting and heartbreaking.
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The driving force of the film is inspirational rather than investigative, but this is an appropriate approach both to the material and to the subjects. ... Even as a shorthand recounting, the film is powerful since nearly ever minute of it is charged; among kids, even platitudes become poignant, borrowed phrases eloquent.
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At a half-hour, Song of Parkland is too darn short. And some perspective from the parents of the teens here would have been welcome.
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What you will see in Song of Parkland, unfortunately, is inchoate fluff. Even at its very modest runtime, the film can’t seem to keep its attention on anything approaching a through line. It skips from subject to subject almost randomly, sets up one premise and defects to another, and remains remarkably free of depth.