There are few interviews we enjoy doing more, than speaking to real life subjects of a documentary. For all of the brilliant conversations we’ve had with actors portraying others, it’s refreshing to sometimes meet the real people themselves, those who have a story to tell. In the case of Fox and Rob Rich, the subjects of Garrett Bradley’s new documentary Time, it’s some story.
The compelling set of events that saw Rob Rich sentenced to 60 years in prison, shines a harsh light on a broken system, and one that the subjects believe to be a continuation of slavery in the United States. We spoke with them about everything they’ve been through, how pertinent this film is, and despite all the hardships they’ve encountered, we asked them how happy they are to simply be sat next to each other – something that at one point in their lives,...
The compelling set of events that saw Rob Rich sentenced to 60 years in prison, shines a harsh light on a broken system, and one that the subjects believe to be a continuation of slavery in the United States. We spoke with them about everything they’ve been through, how pertinent this film is, and despite all the hardships they’ve encountered, we asked them how happy they are to simply be sat next to each other – something that at one point in their lives,...
- 10/15/2020
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
In 1999, Fox and Rob Rich, desperate to shore up the finances of their business (Shreveport’s first urban clothing store) robbed a bank; she got 12 years, he got 60. The throughline of Garrett Bradley’s Time—a compact epic spanning 21 years in 87 minutes—tracks Fox’s ceaseless efforts to get her husband home. Her website describes her as a “realist speaker”: a motivational lecturer transmuting her difficult experiences for higher ends than the usual conference room guest, as well as a “prospective Nobel Peace Prize winner” who “is both a teacher and servant, entrepreneur, business owner and most of all a humanitarian.” This […]...
- 2/1/2020
- by Vadim Rizov
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
In 1999, Fox and Rob Rich, desperate to shore up the finances of their business (Shreveport’s first urban clothing store) robbed a bank; she got 12 years, he got 60. The throughline of Garrett Bradley’s Time—a compact epic spanning 21 years in 87 minutes—tracks Fox’s ceaseless efforts to get her husband home. Her website describes her as a “realist speaker”: a motivational lecturer transmuting her difficult experiences for higher ends than the usual conference room guest, as well as a “prospective Nobel Peace Prize winner” who “is both a teacher and servant, entrepreneur, business owner and most of all a humanitarian.” This […]...
- 2/1/2020
- by Vadim Rizov
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Fox and Rob Rich are married, but they’ve been apart for 21 years—Rob is currently serving a 60-year sentence for a crime that they both committed. Fox has been diligently fighting for the release of her husband, while also filming home footage to share with Rob so he can watch his six children grow and observe the home life he cannot be a part of. Garrett Bradley’s documentary feature debut Time explores the violent oppression of African American people entrenched in America’s prison system and editor Gabriel Rhodes elaborates on the process of weaving archival, home and interview footage together […]...
- 1/25/2020
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Fox and Rob Rich are married, but they’ve been apart for 21 years—Rob is currently serving a 60-year sentence for a crime that they both committed. Fox has been diligently fighting for the release of her husband, while also filming home footage to share with Rob so he can watch his six children grow and observe the home life he cannot be a part of. Garrett Bradley’s documentary feature debut Time explores the violent oppression of African American people entrenched in America’s prison system and editor Gabriel Rhodes elaborates on the process of weaving archival, home and interview footage together […]...
- 1/25/2020
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
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