Brexitannia

A unique documentary with an interesting look at the social landscape. I liked the way it was filmed and the variety of views exposed by the free nature of the people talking.

1) This film utterly ignores history. There have been concerned and resistance to full on integration under the EU super-government umbrella from the common market, EEC, EU and Eurozone. It is nothing new or some kind of bright line, but a long process based continuum.

2) Apparently only leavers can be populist? We saw socialist populist governments for decades in Greece, in Italy, in Spain, even Scandinavian countries, but thta kind of insanely irresponsible "populism" is ok as long as it is left oriented?

3) Only Brexit proponents (leavers) make misstatements? Fact checking websites have shown that the remainers make as many false, idiotic, irrational statements as well.

4) No mention is made of the fact that the remains tend to have direct self interest. In fact most of the "experts" cited at the end of the film work for institution with direct interest in remaining. it is unethical not to note their interest.

What a shame! This is a genuinely a good idea for a film but its bias soon seeps through; better educated, liberals v less educated, working classes. There were no doubt a greater variety of social classes on both sides of Brexit that is presented. This is theatrically polarised. This was a good chance to present a real snap of history. But it feels the film maker may have selected his characters for the final cut based on his own subconscious bias. Pity, but worth a watch all the same.

So much inaccurate opinions being expressed without any challenges or clarification.

For those who wanted to know why Brexit, the documentary opens up with the people. We get to hear from people who voted to remain or leave the European Union. The documentary reminds me of why the USA elected Trump that year. The disenfranchised Britons voted for Brexit without realizing what they were going to lose. I read about euro skepticism where the British politicians blamed Brussels long before for their problems at home. The documentary isn't shocking but realistic and relatable. The second half included world renowned linguistic professor Noam Chomsky and other experts. Sadly the documentary doesn't include the expert names. I would have liked something more in depth overall.