A boy’s quiet love for his childhood best friend slowly drowns as he watches her grow up, through first love, heartbreak, and grief, learning that some feelings can’t be spoken aloud, only felt deeply.
One Night in Miami... did not frame the racism and bigotry as something that could be solved by quality time spent between individuals. Instead, it featured four different legends of Black History together in one room disagreeing for about 2/3 of the film.
While the film didn’t hit me as emotionally as I wanted it to, I still enjoyed it. I simply wish there was a little more, particularly with the world building.
Like most young people, Leviticus is imperfect. But I love it anyways.
Intergenerational friendships and community can be so powerful, and this was a great example.
The newest in a long line of Cinderella adaptations, Amazon’s Cinderella (2021) prizes girlbossification above the very story it tries to adapt.
