‘Palmer’: Tearing Down Gender Stereotypes
When Eddie Palmer is released from prison he returns home and he meets Sam, soon becoming his primary caregiver.

Sachiko Uchida skips class and rests in the infirmary. That day, she sees a couple entangled in the bed next to hers. It's Narumi, a classmate, and Adachi, an upperclassman. Seeing the two begin having sex in hushed tones, Sachiko hastily leaves the infirmary. Then, one day, Yuki jumps from the school roof. She had been made a sex slave by a certain teacher.
When Eddie Palmer is released from prison he returns home and he meets Sam, soon becoming his primary caregiver.
While not everyone may relate to the circumstances Danielle finds herself in in 'Shiva Baby', some are sure to understand her struggles as she is scrutinized for being a woman, a college student, an LGBT person, and a sugar baby.
Over the last several years, I have had the privilege of being one of the critics having the opportunity to watch and review several films from writer/director/producer Marcellus Cox, whose efforts are never anything less but grounded, relevant, and steeped in unflinching glimpses illustrating the gripping, inspired, and ever-vacillating realms that make up the human condition.
Ripley is a great character because she serves two distinct, but rewarding, purposes in the original film and the sequel.
Movies also have the ability to make the audience think deeper about an issue that plagues society. "Blindspotting" does that without shying away from the intense reality of police brutality and racial discrimination.