'How Power Looks' — MiamisFF Review
Praising Black representation and condemning the power structures that suppress it, a mother delivers an impassioned speech to her distant son.

A psychological and social drama inspired by a true story. It explores themes such as repression, consent, and the consequences of silence. The story follows Matteo, a kind but troubled young man struggling with his repressed desires, and Enzo, his friend, who must face the aftermath of a tragedy he neither understood nor anticipated.
Praising Black representation and condemning the power structures that suppress it, a mother delivers an impassioned speech to her distant son.
A family drama is woven with quiet yet powerful forces of words and nature.
Netflix’s Shadow and Bone has a complicated relationship with race. It has a diverse cast, but not without its problems. Based on Leigh Bardugo’s two book series, the show features characters from the Shadow and Bone trilogy, which is very straight and white, and the Six of Crows duology, which is much more diverse. When bringing together a cast and writing about these characters, the team behind the show expanded upon some of the representation missing from the first trilogy, then seemed to take away representation from the duology. Shadow and Bone seems to play a bit of a push and pull game when it comes to portraying diversity onscreen.
When you think of the horror genre, the LGBTQ+ community is probably one of the last things you think of. However, horror is much more queer-coded than you may think.
How closely should film adaptations follow their source material? Let's take a deep dive into "Norma Rae", and find out.
Neon Gravity is an assassin who realizes that her target, as well as her current reality, are not what they seem. This short film is a futuristic story that takes place in Downtown Miami.