30 for 30: Hillsborough (2014)
**** (out of 4)
Excellent documentary that takes a look at the 1989 Hillsborough tragedy that ended with 96 soccer fans dead. The documentary uses interview accounts from those who were there as well as footage of the event to show what happened. What could have been as worse as the deaths was the cover-up done by the government and the families attempts to reach justice.
I had heard about this tragic event but never really got the full story of what happened so there's no question that there was some great bits of information here. It's rather amazing that the actual tragedy only took up about forty-five minutes of running time and the rest of the picture took a look at the cover-up and the fight for justice. It's hard to believe that in 1989 such a thing would have happened over a tragedy like this.
The interviews are extremely well-done and there's no question that the documentary gives you a clear idea of what happened that day and why it went so tragically wrong. This was made twenty-five years after the event and it's just shocking that all of the fighting is still happening.
**** (out of 4)
Excellent documentary that takes a look at the 1989 Hillsborough tragedy that ended with 96 soccer fans dead. The documentary uses interview accounts from those who were there as well as footage of the event to show what happened. What could have been as worse as the deaths was the cover-up done by the government and the families attempts to reach justice.
I had heard about this tragic event but never really got the full story of what happened so there's no question that there was some great bits of information here. It's rather amazing that the actual tragedy only took up about forty-five minutes of running time and the rest of the picture took a look at the cover-up and the fight for justice. It's hard to believe that in 1989 such a thing would have happened over a tragedy like this.
The interviews are extremely well-done and there's no question that the documentary gives you a clear idea of what happened that day and why it went so tragically wrong. This was made twenty-five years after the event and it's just shocking that all of the fighting is still happening.