2023 · documentary
Take Care of Maya
Directed by Henry Roosevelt1h 43m2023
When Jack and Beata Kowalski are wrongfully accused of child abuse after their 10-year-old daughter Maya visits the ER, a nightmare unfolds.
Our read: Take Care of Maya (2023) reads as a heavy, steady, grounded documentary entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Heavy, steady, measured documentary, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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“You want a gripping medical-system documentary that will leave you furious and hollow.”
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