Chelsea Bondzanga

Chelsea Bondzanga

yes, i call them films. no, i’m not uptight: i’m british.

Favorite films

  • The Prince of Egypt
  • City of God
  • Medicine for Melancholy
  • Drive Me Crazy

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  • Mississippi Masala

    ★★★★½

  • Drylongso

    ★★★★½

  • Hard Truths

    ★★★★

  • Smile 2

    ★★★

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  • Mississippi Masala

    Mississippi Masala

    ★★★★½

    Right now, I don't have words to explain why I think this might be the best romance film of all time (hint: the very last scene) but what I will say is Sarita is one of the most beautiful women I have ever seen on screen. Denzel and Sarita were have a face card off and I don't really know if anyone won but me.

  • Drylongso

    Drylongso

    ★★★★½

    This is a beautiful film. Beautiful in its portrayal of nuanced and complex black women/black femininity (and black men/black masculinity), beautiful in its portrayal of community, what it means to not only survive but to carry on, beautiful in the colours and the music and the love and the sorority. And whilst there are parts of this I am still trying to understand, watching this is like watching an emotional and comforting hug play out.

    Also, black women are nuanced…

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  • Black

    Black

    ½

    This was not the La Haine meets Romeo and Juliet they thought it was....

    Anti-Black and Stinky.

  • The Killer

    The Killer

    ★★½

    I felt very removed from everything.

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