Given the source material and the talent involved here I’m a bit disappointed. First act was great at building atmosphere but then it overplays its hand too soon and towards the end I feel like they spoon feed the audience into one particular theory of what happens in the backrooms.

Act 1: Planet Hulk but make it Star Wars
Act 2: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets but make it Star Wars
Act 3: Alien vs Predator but make it Star Wars

This short doc manages to stretch something seemingly mundane, working at a flag factory, into something much broader. It touches on racism, the American dream, immigration and social injustice. Some of it lands, some of it doesn’t but overall I think much of this will resonate, especially with an American audience.

Devastating and beautiful. The sound of those tears hurt like bullets