Film Review: French Documentary Direct Action Is Defiant Slow Media That Keeps Focus Off Activist Faces

Film Review: French Documentary Direct Action Is Defiant Slow Media That Keeps Focus Off Activist Faces

Portlanders can see the defiant, slow media movie at Clinton Street with co-director Ben Russell in attendance. by Dom Sinacola Direct Action has no characters. Someone may appear in one scene, and then, several sequences later, enter the frame again. Maybe. Direct Action never names anyone; it only shows you their hands—picking through a mud-heavy bucket, playing piano, or making a huge mass of dough, the camera locked on the pile of flour and …