“Onward” and Upwards!
Ian and Barley embark on a quest to find a magical gem to restore their father back to life.

Father tells a bedtime story near an empty bed
Ian and Barley embark on a quest to find a magical gem to restore their father back to life.
A trio of girls form a band and enter a singing competition together after learning they work best as a team.
In The Women and the Murderer, directors Mona Achache and Patricia Tourancheau center women—the very demographic true crime is designed to appeal to.
SPOILERS AHEAD. Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song distinguished itself from Hollywood films of its time by introducing New Wave cinema storytelling methods into Black cinema.
A few episodes in, I realized the most prominent theme of In The Long Run wasn't culture, race or even finding independence--but the idea of belonging.