Review of Left On Purpose (2015) by Reiko H — 26 Jun 2016

This is a beautiful and sensitive film that explores the existential struggles and frustrations of a man who devoted his life to radical politics, as well as probing the loneliness of depression, and the ethics of documentary filmmaking itself.

Mayer Vishner, its central character, is captivating-passionate, principled, witty, and suicidal. The filmmaker is transparently introspective about his own role in Vishner's life and fate, and raises questions that will generate important and difficult conversation that most of us are afraid to have.

A must see for anyone interested in leftist social movements and the toll such commitments take on the human soul.