Director Garrett Bradley is one of those rare conversationalists who are comfortable with silence. She pauses before answering each question, carefully considering it before responding in a thoughtful, measured fashion. This sensibility carries over into her work as a documentary filmmaker. Her first feature, “Time,” is similarly careful, shot in velvety black-and-white, and interspersed with home videos shot by subject Fox Rich during a 20-year quest to free her husband from prison. Bradley’s singular stylistic choices as a director skillfully highlight the importance of what isn’t spoken and what lies beneath the surface.

In conversation with Jessica Michault