Taking Sides

Year: 2001

Grade: B

Country: Germany

Director: Szabo

Review

solidly put together documentary by michael apted (“7 up” series) about what most people know as the leonard peltier incident at pine ridge. i’ll tell you exactly what this film is – a hybrid of “Waco: The Rules Of Engagement” and “Thin Blue Line.” it has some of the government malfeasance of waco and the wrongly-accussed-individual story of thin blue line. it’s not as well done as either of the two films, but it’s good and it really doesn’t need to be great because the story it tells is important enough. don’t get me wrong – the film isn’t shabby or poorly constructed, it tells the story well and keeps things balanced fairly well, but thin blue line and waco did an even better job.