I Didn’t See You There is the kind of movie you cannot help but enjoy because it makes the personal universal.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Mar 23, 2024

In many ways, I Didn’t See You There feels like his definitive statement and I look forward to seeing what other stories Davenport is hoping to tell.

| Feb 23, 2024

What makes 'I Didn’t See You There' resonate so deeply isn’t necessarily in the execution but in the emotion that it evokes.

| Feb 20, 2024

An effective, if fragmentary, look at living with a visible disability, Reid Davenport’s documentary places the camera in the position of the filmmaker’s wheelchair to explore the stigma of being stared at but not seen.

| Original Score: B+ | Feb 20, 2024

All in all, this film has spunk, heart and revolutionary charm. I recommend.

| Feb 11, 2024

...the film may prove challenging to viewers accustomed to more conventional documentaries, but it definitely presents an under-seen, under-considered perspective--one usually discussed more often than shown.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 24, 2023

Despite its rather simple premise and lo-fi technical specs, Davenport’s film is able to mine wells of empathy and poignancy.

| Feb 2, 2023

I Didn’t See You There breaks many conventions of contemporary documentary... What the film offers viewers is something far more kinetic and compelling.

| Jan 9, 2023

The film brings up many emotions, from empathy to frustration, as the most ordinary obstacles become life-changing.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Nov 15, 2022

It uses the leveling power of cinema to put us in Davenport’s chair and let us experience the insults and indifference he faces.

| Original Score: A | Oct 31, 2022

Reid Davenport has weaponized the title in so many wise ways — not the least of which is how hard edges of bygone barbarism can be so easily sanded down into a socially acceptable structure we don’t even notice any longer. One of 2022's very best films.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Oct 11, 2022

An important film.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 6, 2022

Bold, immersive and unconventional, but concurrently tedious and nauseating. Shaky cam alert.

| Oct 1, 2022

An experimental movie of great beauty.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Sep 30, 2022

With his feature, Davenport stakes out his own vantage point on the world, one that leaves a viewer wishing to hear his thoughts elaborated even further.

| Sep 29, 2022

I Didn't See You There is a film that practically defines disability pride because Davenport refuses to compromise his disability for the sake of the audience, a bit of poignancy, or unnecessary histrionics.

| Original Score: 3.5/4.0 | Aug 29, 2022

While we may get limited insight otherwise, this very first-person missive does provide a vivid and welcome window into the experience of life on another plane of physical access.

| May 2, 2022

Messy at times and quite raw, "I Didn't See You There" unsettles and disquiets, yet comes together to a peaceful and thoughtful end.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 30, 2022

Davenport recontextualises shaky images or images shot from unusual angles, which might otherwise be considered flaws in cinematography, as an authentic expression of his viewpoint.

| Mar 15, 2022

[Reid Davenport] narrates the film, a sometimes funny and sometimes furious window into the casual inconveniences and less casual indignities he runs into in a world not built for him... It's a must-see.

| Feb 23, 2022