A documentary series investigating the mysterious 2015 death of Charmain Speirs, a Scottish woman who married Ghanaian preacher Eric Adusah. After a whirlwind romance, Charmain was found dead in a hotel bathtub in Ghana six months post-wedding. While Adusah was briefly arrested for her murder, he denied involvement and was released; the investigation reveals significant gaps in his story.
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.
In the shadow of towering film production companies lived dozens of grindhouses, genres, and low-budget films deemed too “unclean” for the modern film audience.
Alongside A Drowning Man, I Signed The Petition, 3 Logical Exits, and A World Not Ours, A Man Returned continues to paint a realistic portrait of the Refugee Crisis that eschews the Western gaze and stereotype. These are real portraits painted by a director with lived experience, cultural connection and an amazing eye for visuals.
A wondrously imaginative, diverse, and spirited allegory of childhood and the arduousness of adulthood.
In the film adaptation, director Jon M. Chu turns each musical number into a massive show stopper, with grand set pieces and a wealth of diverse dancers. Yet, in this attempt to show reverence for the people of the Washington Heights barrio, Chu, or maybe more specifically those in charge of casting, left out a crucial part of the community, Afro-Latinos.
