Democrats

Village Voice by Alan Scherstuhl

As excellent a documentary about politics as you will ever see.

New York Magazine (Vulture) by Bilge Ebiri

It truly is a movie about politics, and it’s among the more mesmerizing ones you’ll see — even if you know very little about Zimbabwe itself.

Slant Magazine by Clayton Dillard

According to the film, individual misdeeds aren't the final enemy, but the byproduct of an unregulated regime.

The New York Times by Glenn Kenny

Both inspiring and upsetting, Democrats is, finally, a film that deserves to be called “necessary.”

The Hollywood Reporter by John DeFore

Nielsson somewhat frustratingly avoids giving us many cues to the passage of time, but nevertheless the film captures some of the drama generated by the public's impatience and Mugabe's maneuvering during the long drafting process

Time Out by Joshua Rothkopf

This film leaves you with the thrill of a good fight fought hard. It’s a scrappy, absorbing tribute to the pragmatic value of compromise, carefully proffered in pursuit of a greater good. America’s candidates would do well to take a page out of this doc’s book.

RogerEbert.com by Matt Fagerholm

What’s lacking from the film is any substantial exploration of the Constitution itself, and the democratic laws that would’ve made it a game-changer in Zimbabwe, had any of them been put into effect.

The Playlist by Rodrigo Perez

Nielsson’s documentary portrait is a tragic look at the broken political process in Zimbabwe.