Des agrees to Julius’ plan to generate some money without knowing what the plan is. Meanwhile, Troy, a rich and reckless college student, introduces Nona, his girlfriend with whom he has a child, to his balikbayan mother. The meeting does not end with success. Troy and his mother argue in the car as he takes his mother home. They get out of the car and continue to argue. It is 10:25 at night when the paths of Des and Julius and Troy and his mother meet. Des and Julius carry out their plan.
This film manages to be simultaneously topical and timeless. Without being preachy, it highlights society’s flawed relationship with tech; insights into the complex ideas of family struggle are expertly dispersed among a perfectly paced and balanced story.
If Miguel Alexandre were trying to make a revenge story seem dull without using all the effective formulas that work great in this catchy genre, he could not have accomplished his purpose much better than he unintentionally has in Black Island.
“Eleanor The Great” is a feel-good story that explores how we cope with grief and loss while educating us about the horrors of the Holocaust.
Audition should be on everyone's list of Greatest Horror Film. So I urge you to give it a watch. Maybe watch the last twenty minutes with your hands in front of your eyes.
Elio could be seen as fantastic piece of representation, showing lonely children who feel ostracized that they are not alone. That is, unless you look behind the curtain.
Disney has kept its word and allowed a new generation of Black and/or African storytellers to tell their own original stories. The question remains, will the public keep their word?
