And I really respect DuVernay for letting her characters be struggling financially, which is in itself actually revolutionary for most films that have to do with Black characters in Hollywood these days. You know what I dug though, we get to see folks who are living on the margins in L.A., like they don't cars and have to take the bus, folks are struggling.
So, I got over that, and rode the film for what it is, a look at a difficult time in a woman's life, who had really invested a lot in her relationship with her incarcerated husband. But I want to talk about brothers being incarcerated and an exponentially greater margin for the same crimes committed by white males, but. No commentary on prison industrial complex, this film is about relationships, in a vacuum. and the film is kind of muted, seems to be mostly shot in natural light, lots of shadows, brooding. I want to feel more, the actors are good. And wow, the lead played by Emayatzy Corinealdi was a real treat to see her work, she's beautiful and has chops! Add one of the most talented up and coming Directors of Photography, Bradford Young to the equation and yooooooooo! So, I'm all the way in. I was also excited to see that David Oyewolo was cast to play "Brian," as I consider him one of the greatest actors in Hollywood the Sidney Poitier of his generation. Especially since the film covers a subject I'm very passionate about, incarceration of African American men. When Ava DuVernay won the Best Director award 2012's Sundance Film Festival for her second feature film Middle of Nowhere, I was really overjoyed, and excited to see the film. It's so hard to get a budget, so hard to make it happen, and so few sistas writing and directing feature length narrative films, I make a point to support. I'm always really happy to see films directed by African American women, period.
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