Jun 21st
Senna** (12A)
Odeon Colchester

Archive documentary about the young Brazilian Ayrton Senna's short rise from international go-karting to three times World Formula 1 Champion, who comes across as colossally arrogant and gifted to begin with, then gradually laced with inner humility and some emotional moments as triumph and tragedy follow in his bitter rivalry with team-mate Alain Prost. A long haul of grainy video and film footage, although some of the scenes of backstage niggling are memorably melodramatic (as much as if it were a drama), and a priceless record for those fans who remember the time when sport was competing with commerce and occasionally won.

d: Asif Kapadia
contributions by: Viviane Senna, Ron Dennis, Frank Williams, Sid Watkins, and others
ed: Chris King, Gregers Sall