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Black Barbie (2023) 96% EDIT “The documentary is about what led to the 1980 release of Black Barbie, but the issues it explores run much deeper: the harm of lacking a “social mirror,” the slow pace of progress and the tensions around darkening a white fictional character.” – New York Times Jun 21, 2024 Full Review Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project (2023) 97% EDIT “The documentary offers only what the poet is willing to give. And Giovanni is a challenging subject: She has firm boundaries, and there are questions she refuses to answer.” – New York Times Nov 2, 2023 Full Review Colette and Justin (2022) EDIT “A film both intimate and political; informative and profound. It highlights the deep and far-reaching wounds of colonization and offers a balm for its scars.” – New York Times Oct 5, 2023 Full Review Fire Through Dry Grass (2023) EDIT “It’s a powerful reminder of how defining and devastating the pandemic was, and gives space to those whose voices were long ignored.” – New York Times Sep 30, 2023 Full Review A Million Miles Away (2023) 89% EDIT “It’s hard not to be moved by the enormity of the challenge he undertook and conquered. But the grit narrative at times becomes a bit heavy-handed...” – New York Times Sep 14, 2023 Full Review Miguel Wants To Fight (2023) 71% EDIT “An endearing and offbeat take on the teenage coming-of-age film.” – New York Times Aug 16, 2023 Full Review Lakota Nation vs. United States (2022) 100% EDIT “[A] stunning film...” – New York Times Jul 13, 2023 Full Review Cadejo Blanco (2021) 89% EDIT “Many of the cast members had a hand in reworking the script to better reflect their lives and daily vernacular. But this authenticity was not enough to make up for the shoddy storytelling.” – New York Times Jun 15, 2023 Full Review The Wind & the Reckoning (2022) 57% EDIT “Sadly, the film does not carry the emotional punch that the subject matter warrants.” – New York Times May 25, 2023 Full Review The Taking (2021) 93% EDIT ““The Taking” is successful in demonstrating the way in which Monument Valley has become a canvas onto which the public can superimpose their own ideas and myths.” – New York Times May 18, 2023 Full Review Chupa (2023) 71% EDIT “Though the concept is promising, and some moments are tender, one wishes the film had delved deeper into the chupacabra myth and the characters’ stories to make for a more satisfying watch.” – New York Times Apr 6, 2023 Full Review Split at the Root (2022) 75% EDIT ““Split at the Root” is a powerful lens into the emotional plight of the thousands of immigrants who cross the border into the United States, the danger they are fleeing and the people trying to help them.” – New York Times Mar 2, 2023 Full Review Love in the Time of Fentanyl (2022) 100% EDIT “Despite the harrowing overdose scenes, Askey manages to infuse “Love in the Time of Fentanyl” with scenes of joy, creativity and friendship...” – New York Times Feb 2, 2023 Full Review The Sound of Christmas (2022) EDIT “Though the film is as predictable and saccharine as one might expect of holiday fare, viewers who grew up in the Black church may enjoy seeing a relatable and chaste romantic story on-screen.” – New York Times Nov 23, 2022 Full Review Bantú Mama (2021) 90% EDIT ““Bantú Mama” is beautifully shot and rendered, authentically and intimately depicting life in urban Santo Domingo.” – New York Times Nov 17, 2022 Full Review The First Noelle (2022) EDIT “It’s hard to become immersed in this aspirational alternate reality because of the movie’s pun-filled and often unbelievable dialogue, as well as lackluster performances delivered by the lead actors.” – New York Times Nov 10, 2022 Full Review The Other Tom (2021) 89% EDIT “The film, directed by Laura Santullo and Rodrigo Plá, ultimately falls flat, with unconvincing dialogue and a strained delivery by the actors.” – New York Times Oct 13, 2022 Full Review From the Hood to the Holler (2022) 83% EDIT “Though Booker’s story and success are inspiring, the documentary falls flat, feeling more like a political tool than a commentary on the state of politics in Kentucky.” – New York Times Sep 29, 2022 Full Review Easter Sunday (2022) 40% EDIT “The film features mostly Filipino actors, with wonderful, culturally specific jokes and a cast of characters that fit into stereotypical, but no less true, immigrant archetypes.” – New York Times Aug 5, 2022 Full Review Paradise Highway (2022) 14% EDIT “Though it is refreshing to see members of law enforcement focused on recovering and supporting a victim rather than pursuing her abusers, it does not allow for much narrative tension.” – New York Times Jul 28, 2022 Full Review Art of Love (2021) EDIT “The film reinforces the fiction that it is often younger women who seduce older men and not the other way around. The writing, which leaves much to be desired, underscores these issues.” – New York Times Jul 21, 2022 Full Review The Deer King (2021) 59% EDIT “The film is tenderly wrought and brilliantly animated, with transitions that emphasize the communion between the land and the human body.” – New York Times Jul 14, 2022 Full Review Beba (2021) 83% EDIT “The filmmaker delves into all of who she is, including darker or more destructive aspects of her identity, pushing viewers to see Huntt’s complexity — and perhaps their own.” – New York Times Jun 24, 2022 Full Review Father of the Bride (2022) 80% EDIT ““Father of the Bride” shows the sort of rich cultural representation that can happen when people from the cultures being represented are enlisted to tell their own stories.” – New York Times Jun 16, 2022 Full Review Dinner in America (2020) 91% EDIT ““Dinner in America” delivers on surprise and explosiveness, but much of its offensive language, both racist and homophobic, feels gratuitous in a film that might have otherwise landed as an offbeat love story.” – New York Times May 26, 2022 Full Review
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