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Tenere 2020
“It’s better for a man to go away for work than to live in disgrace at home.”
This is a beautiful documentary; from the cinematography to the will and dignity of the men of Agadez ready to die for the cause of alieviating themselves and their families from poverty. We know that conditions across the continent (as a result of colonialism, US and European imperialism) renders many Africans to explore any and every opportunity to survive; hunting, selling, trading, praying,…
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Nickel Boys 2024
The pacing of the story, stylistic filming choices, and the immersive nature of this film led to a gripping watch. I initially would wander or get lost in some of the first-person pov filming and the flipping back and forth of this between the two main characters, but once it clicked, it clicked. The writer-director, Ross, in an interview shared that this style of framing was inspired by Toni Morrison’s writing orientation to write from the perspective of black people,…
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Little Miss Sunshine 2006
obviously not apparent on the surface, but this movie was incredibly endearing.
a dishelved father believing in “winning” at all cost [ultimately for the sake of his family], a (mostly) grounded mother trying to hold it down, loose canon grandpa lol, an uncle contending with the paradoxes of his own life, a teenage son navigating his identity amidst all^this mess, and thee most tender and sweet “little miss sunshine” :’)
I always appreciate real depictions of family dynamics like this.…
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