Letter from London: A Time Comes for Nick Broomfield

Some years ago, I asked Nick Broomfield at a public screening in London about the direction he was heading with the subject matter of his documentaries. Why had he moved from the hard-hitting social documentaries of his early career, into more frivolous, celebrity-driven topics? His reply was, his films mirrored the society we now lived in.

June 4, 2009

Some years ago, I asked Nick Broomfield at a public screening in London about the direction he was heading with the subject matter of his documentaries. Why had he moved from the hard-hitting social documentaries of his early career, into more frivolous, celebrity-driven topics? His reply was, his films mirrored the society we now lived in.