The film explores the life of imprisoned journalist and political activist Mumia Abu-Jamal, and his years on death row.

[8] In a 2/5 star review, Time Out critic Tom Huddleston said of the film, "Sadly, My Little Eye director Marc Evans’s doc is only tangentially about Jamal – instead, he chooses to focus on William Francome.

[...] Francome is an uninteresting central figure, unconnected to the case or the history of civil rights, to which the pair present a sort of Idiot’s Guide midway through.

"[9] Jay Weissberg of Variety called it an "unfocused, oddly naive" film, and said that the editing "is overly dependent on computer tricks, and use of verbal loops to reinforce lines treats the audience like idiots.

"[10] By contrast, Le Monde said the film was "exciting", the editing being a "deliberated melting-pot", resulting in an overall "captivating portrait of Mumia Abu-Jamal".