Rory Kennedy releases “Freefall,” a follow-up to her 2022 documentary “Downfall: The Case Against Boeing,” examining Boeing and the fallout from the death of a Boeing whistleblower. The new film continues to focus on the aerospace company while also widening its lens to what the outlets describe as broader risks tied to corporate and economic incentives.
Across coverage, both outlets frame “Freefall” as grounded in Kennedy’s prior work investigating Boeing’s decision-making. Variety emphasizes that Kennedy had intended to move on from Boeing after years of making “Downfall,” but returns to the subject following the whistleblower’s death and the surrounding questions. The Los Angeles Times similarly characterizes the documentary as staying centered on Boeing, while describing it as presenting a wider portrait of how “unfettered capitalism” can endanger safety and accountability.
While the outlets differ in the amount of personal and thematic context they stress, they agree that “Freefall” is a new documentary by Rory Kennedy and that it reexamines Boeing in connection with the whistleblower’s death.
