After Hiyori is admitted to the hospital, Uta goes around recording sounds from the memories, wishing for her to regain consciousness. She believes that they can return to that day. As she traces their memories, she makes a discovery.
This is not a slavery story, it is a freedom story. The viewers only see Harriet as a slave for the first few minutes of the film. To me, it felt like watching the origin story of a superhero…which is both good and bad.
One of the reasons that people with albinism have a difficult time being seen and represented in media is probably because there is a small percentage of them.
We have a long way to go with LGBT representation in film, especially when it comes to LGBT characters of color and trans characters.
"Godzilla vs. Kong" is all style and very little substance. It's also the most fun I've had in months.
Barry Jenkins' masterpiece holds up as the story of a lifetime centered on the intersection of Blackness and gay identity.
As one of the women said in the film, friendship in your teens is “as important as any lover” and it’s clear they lived that philosophy throughout their early adult lives as well.
