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I Didn't See You There is a 2022 American documentary film directed by Reid Davenport, produced by Keith Wilson, and edited by Todd Chandler. It is shot entirely from Davenport's physical perspective, largely from an electric wheelchair, as he navigates downtown Oakland, CA and his hometown Bethel, CT.

I Didn't See You There
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Directed by	Reid Davenport
Produced by	Keith Wilson
Narrated by	Reid Davenport
Edited by	Todd Chandler
Release date	January 2022 (2022-01) (Sundance)
Running time	77 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

It had its world premiere at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival.

Synopsis

The unexpected arrival of a circus tent outside Reid's apartment in Oakland, CA leads him to consider the history and legacy of P.T. Barnum’s Freak Show and its lingering presence in his daily life in the form of gawking, lack of access, and other forms of ableism. The film expands on the tradition of point-of-view cinema by incorporating a disabled aesthetic generated through Davenport's own embodiment.

Release and reception

The film had its world premiere at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival on January 22, 2022, where it won the Directing Award in the U.S. Documentary category.[1] It also won the Grand Jury Prize at Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, and the GGA McBaine Bay Area Documentary Feature Award at SFFILM, the San Francisco International Film Festival.[2][3]

It will air on public television as part of Season 35 of POV in January 2023.[4]

I Didn’t See You There received positive reviews from film critics. On Rotten Tomatoes it has a 95% approval rating based on reviews from 20 critics.[5] Nick Allen writing for Rogert Ebert states “I Didn’t See You There is first-person poetry in captivating motion, expressed with a singular, assured artistic voice.”[6]

References

External links

• I Didn't See You There at IMDb

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