Two Ways Of Documenting Uncertainty: 'All This Panic' And 'God Knows Where I Am'
Two documentaries out now flex a bit of moviemaking technique: All This Panic, about young women exploring what life has to offer, and God Knows Where I Am, about a woman who's sure she's seen it all.
A little seminar in documentary technique is being offered by two docs about women this week. The filmmakers for All This Panic take a fly-on-the-wall approach with their teenage subjects — no narration, no explainers. The directors of God Knows Where I Am tease out their story as if it were a mystery novel.
Both approaches prove effective, albeit for reasons that have everything to do with their respective subject matter. The makers of must've been hard-pressed just to keep up with teenage sisters
