Press


INTERVIEWS WITH JON BLAIR


Jon Blair: A conscience and a camera.

Daily Maverick

 

How We Met: Jon Blair and Rageh Omaar

Independent

 

How We Met: Jon Blair & Sir Antony Sher

Independent

 
 

Interview: Jon Blair – The Trophy Hunter

Broadcast

Interview: Jon Blair -  Age of Terror

Broadcast

On Location: Jon Blair - Murder most foul

Broadcast


 
 

ANNE FRANK REMEMBERED - Press Reviews

“A masterpiece”                  

The Independent

"This haunting Jon Blair documentary is the most moving Holocaust film of them all.”
Sunday Telegraph

“ANNE FRANK REMEMBERED” if seen will not be forgotten."

New York Daily News

“Deeply moving”                  

Independent on Sunday

“Spellbinding. This documentary dazzles with details and honesty. This film is very, very special - and very haunting.”        

Fort Worth Star Telegraph

“An enthralling documentary”

Daily Express

“Remarkable, poignantly detailed documentary”

London Evening Standard

“The definitive best on the subject”

Daily Mail 

Indispensible viewing. Two of the medium’s finest hours.”
Orlando Sentinel

Remorselessly moving but never relying on grief to win its audience, this s a faultless examination of the polarity of human nature. An extraordinary film.”

Time Out

“Superbly researched. Wonderful documentary.”

The Times 

“The film of the week…Jon Blair’s beautiful, painstaking film brought us closer than ever to the sparky 15 year old…”

Independent on Sunday

“Not so much a documentary as a rare piece of history that virtually comes alive, taking your breath away with its immediacy. This film has many moment that expand the vision to encompass the millions of lives that were lost and the relative few that made it through the unimaginable horror of the Holocaust. Watch ANNE FRANK REMEMBERED and you won’t forget it.”

Seattle Post-Intelligencer


BAHRAIN, SHOUTING IN THE DARK - Reviews

“Shouting in the Dark is a painful, mesmerizing and tragic documentary.”
Foreign Policy in Focus
 

ROBSON GREEN AND THE PITMEN PAINTERS - Press Reviews

"The incredible story of how a group of miners from Northumberland put their lives and emotions on to canvas"

Sunday Times
 

Perspectives: Robson Green and the Pitmen Painters
Independent

"Digging up my past: Robson Green was desperate to escape his pit village for a career in TV, but returning for a new show made him question everything..."
Daily Mail

 

DANCING WITH THE DEVIL - Press Reviews

“An astonishing documentary filled with harrowing, unforgettable images”
 Ali Caterall, The Guardian

 “What makes Jon Blairʼs film so exceptional is his access...Blair vividly captures the inescapable and pointless cycle of violence that has become entrenched as a way of life."
David Chater, The Times
“This fine cinematic documentary...provides a sobering, but stylishly executed experience.”
Sharon Wright, The Daily Telegraph
“Jon Blairʼs powerful portrait opens up the world of Rio de Janeiroʼs impoverished, crime- infested shanty towns in the way a novelist might, by following the stories of three compelling characters...this is a revelatory documentary.”
Helen Stuart, Sunday Times
“Among the most intimate portraits yet of Rioʼs long-running drug violence”
Stuart Grudgings, Reuters

“Horribly fascinating”
Peter Bradshaw, chief film critic The Guardian

“Blair…proves his dedication, poking his camera in places that must have been harrowing to venture into. Even with close to 30 years of film-making experience, his willingness to risk everything to get the story is inspiring.”
SFGATE.com
“Never short of engrossing...this is definitive documentary-making. 5/5”
Dave Mark, UK Teletext
“A beautiful production”
Joao Marcello Erthal, City editor, O Dia newspaper, Brazil

“A slap in the audienceʼs face – an incredible and stunning documentary...the best film I saw in the (Rio de Janeiro) Festival"
Marcos Nascimento from the Brazilian website Cinemarcos

“Dancing with the Devil puts the spectatorʼs head inside a blender. You leave the cinema with your head bubbling with social and existential questions”
Pedro Tavares, Cinema o Rama, Brazilian film blog

Olympian dreams and Favela realities                                                                       Guardian