Diego Maradona2019

In what’s been a banner year for archival docs that repurpose footage into absorbing, contemplative cinematic experiences (“Amazing Grace,” “Apollo 11,” “They Shall Not Grow Old”), Kapadia reasserts his mastery of the format, especially as a force of perspective from inside and outside a superstar’s orbit.

The movie Diego Maradona, which was made in 2019, is a well-made documentary film that was able to explore two sides of the coin in Maradona's life. The rise and fall of a legend in the world using real images and sounds that were available along with the narrator's voice. Whether you like Maradona or not, the movie can be easily seen and enjoyed.

It is exhausting and exhilarating, cheap looking and slick, a documentary for Maradona fans but also for many others besides.