Parents' Guide to Grenfell: Uncovered

This powerful account of the disaster that shook Britain back in 2017 is a harrowing retelling of events but also a rallying cry for justice and change. In Grenfell: Uncovered, director Olaide Sadiq finds the perfect balance between heartrending personal accounts, scientific facts from lab tests, and details from emails and inquiry footage that piece together an infuriating picture of neglect, incompetence, and greed that led to a horrific loss of life. Nobody in authority comes across well here—particularly those high up in Arconic (the manufacturers of the combustible cladding) and the politicians involved in legislation. But former Prime Minister Theresa May is one of the few to agree to a new interview reflecting on her role in dealing with the aftermath. The mobile phone footage from onlookers shows how quickly the fire spread, and the horror of those watching from the streets. Emergency 999 calls are particularly difficult to listen to, especially when residents are continually told to "stay put" when they may have been able to escape the inferno. While the community still bands together to remember and demand justice, the film reminds us that, eight years later and following a lengthy inquiry, still nobody has really been held accountable. There's no sense of justice for residents and not enough change in place to prevent it happening again. Thousands of buildings in the United Kingdom still have the combustible cladding, and the "stay put" policy is still in place for most tower blocks. The documentary is setting the facts out clearly: It was preventable then, and it's preventable now. But will the people in power listen and act?