“XY Chelsea” recently premiered on Showtime and I caught it on Showtime On Demand the other evening. I suppose that there is nothing wrong with showing the human side of Manning, but I had hoped for a far more objective portrait about what really happened with the leaks and at the subsequent trial. This eventually includes media appearances, and, oh, magazine photo shoots, many, many photo shoots.
Instead, for the movie makers the leaks and the trial seem to be mere peripheral issues and instead they are focusing on the gender-transitioning of Manning and what life is like for Manning after being released from jail. And certainly there is some of that, but not nearly enough in my opinion. Even though in retrospect the title of this documentary should’ve been a dead giveaway, what I had expected was an objective (BBC-like) review and analysis of the leaks and the subsequent trial. into the movie.Ĭouple of comments: it is not always easy to distinguish the intrinsic value and merit of a film as opposed to the subject matter of the film. The film crew follows Manning around upon the release from prison, and then the movie goes back in time for a look at Manning’s upbringing and eventual joining the Army… At this point we’re 15 min. Obama explaining) that Manning’s prison sentence is commuted (but not pardoned). As the movie opens, it is “January 17, 2017” and Manning’s lawyer get a call (and we later see Pres. “XY Chelsea” (2019 release from the UK 90 min.) is a documentary about Chelsea Manning, the gender-transitioned erstwhile Bradley Manning, who in 2010 leaked 750,000 secret and sensitive documents and videos about the war in Iraq, where Manning was an intelligence analyst. XY Chelsea (2019) YIFY – Download Movie TORRENT