Robert Edwards, Author at Consequence Forum

Robert is a writer and filmmaker. His films include Land of the Blind starring Ralph Fiennes and Donald Sutherland, and When I Live My Life Over Again (aka One More Time) starring Christopher Walken and Amber Heard, and the documentaries Sumo East and West and The Last Laugh, with Ferne Pearlstein. He was an infantry and intelligence officer in the US Army, and was a captain in the 82nd Airborne Division in Iraq during the Gulf War.

Show of Hands: Camilla Nielsson’s President and the Future of Democracy

by Robert Edwards | Jun 21, 2022 | Reviews

PresidentDirected by: Camilla NielssonRelease Date: 2021 How bad was life in Zimbabwe under Robert Mugabe, the brutal kleptocrat who held power in that sorrowful nation for almost forty years? This bad: When the British mercenary Simon Mann tried to break out of...

The Case for Cold Case Hammarskjöld

by Robert Edwards | Dec 19, 2021 | Reviews

Cold Case Hammarskjöld Director: Mads BrüggerReleased: Aug. 16, 2019 (United States) It’s hard not to have noticed that documentary film—a genre once reviled for its standard fare of eat-your-vegetables instructional films—is enjoying a creative and commercial...