DoP & Director on BBC, Idris Elba: Our Knife Crime Crises, 60mins

The Guardian ★★★★★ ‘What takes this from being a good documentary to a great one is just how much complexity and nuance Elba and director Ben Steele are able to contain within its one-hour running time… The film is filled with heartbreak but is still ultimately an optimistic piece of work… a vital documentary.’

The Times ★★★★ ‘Urgent, important TV… genuine and heartfelt.’

The Telegraph ★★★★ ‘sobering’

The Financial Times ★★★★ ‘impassioned… compassionate, non-judgemental… the documentary makes a persuasive case that knife crime is symptomatic of a society that has failed to safeguard young people’.

The Independent: ‘a burning issue… deeply moving’

Daily Mail: ‘heartfelt’

The Standard: ‘a fearless look at a harrowing subject

 

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