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Moana 2 2024
It was a really fun experience to watch this film with classmates and especially discuss with them afterwards. The narrative felt a little too packed losing clarity and focus at times. Many of us expressed discontent with the villain, whom we barely see throughout the film. Not showing him is a choice, and not necessarily a bad one, but his established arc itself was not interesting. His goal of keeping humans apart to strengthen his own power feels a little…
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Human Flow 2017
Though long in duration and expansive in cultural coverage, Human Flow finds a through line in its juxtaposition between removed statistical and grounded individualized perspectives on migration. In this way, Weiwei organizes a vertical representation of the numerous forces engaging with this global phenomenon, from bureaucratic voices to the media, citizen volunteers, poets, and the migrants themselves. Though this is a participatory documentary, with Weiwei established early on-screen in an active role, he does not dominate the narrative with personal…
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Amreeka 2009
I appreciate how this family-centric narrative makes use of the suburban locale to subtly parallel systems of bordering and division, disrupting expectations of the immigrant's newfound safety with the pervasive theme of war. When Mona and Fadi arrive in Illinois, Raghda's idealized American life begins to unravel, exposing dysfunctional family dynamics building off distrust, regret, and blame.
As the family is increasingly threatened and cornered by their white counterparts, we watch Raghda grow paranoid and angry at her husband, Nabeel,…
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Limbo 2020
Ben Sharrock’s, Limbo, is a beautiful tribute to dedicated cross-cultural engagement in filmmaking.
In interviews discussing the pre-production process, Sharrock emphasizes how research and experiential learning was not only his inspiration for the film, but was also the foundation of his formal decision making. While concentrating on Middle East Studies in college, Sharrock took an interest in Arabic slow cinema. With the singular goal of internalizing and amplifying marginal immigrant voices, he found that shaping their narrative within this genre…
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