CALL ME MULE REVIEW BY FILM THREAT
FILM THREAT MAGAZINE - OCT. 14, 2023 - Movie Score: 8.5/10
John McDonald, along with the film’s editor and his daughter Nina Schwanse, create an involved and facscinating journey that call into question how America’s public land have less and less access. Call Me Mule is also about a man caring for his animals. At the same time, we watch him in triumph and defeat with arrests and incarceration while always maintaining his right to a nomadic lifestyle with his mules.
McDonald captured up close and personal stories with great camera angles and shots, allowing a visual story to unfold through Mule and those who come across him without a narrator. In addition, music by The Crooked Jades adds to the nomadic Western culture vibe that Mule represents.
Reviewed by Sabina Dana Plasse.
