Two female friends who hunt down and abduct an alt-right online cyberbully and troll. Under the moniker SnowflakeAvenger, he does his typical bullying of minorities, women, and LGBTQ people. Things become too personal for Eve and Bonnie as Luke bullied their friend so much that she commits suicide. So, for feminists, women, minorities, and LGBTQ people everywhere they decide to torture him on a live stream until things go too far.
"A Drowning Man" (2017) explores the unseen aspects of the Refugee Crisis. In, 15 far-too-short minutes, viewers are given a detailed snapshot of what it's like for a refugee to drown in the waters of poverty and otherness while trying to navigate a land whose promise has worn off, and only 'strange' remains.
“And I think to myself….what a wonderful world”. Louis Armstrong sang about this notion via his classic 1967 song, an ode to witnessing elements of our life that should be but some reminders of exactly what that concluding line of each verse indicates. Now we see our contemporary realities and, just being honest, it makes a sentiment like this seem SO overtly far away….perhaps even impossible….to accept or believe could be. It sounds harsh, but again, so much of what is occurring speaks not to beauty, but bedlam.
As a frequent “the book was better” extoller, this movie was well worth the watch.
'Brother' is a gripping family drama with dazzling performances all around.
Hours before their line-up of screenings for Trans Awareness Week began, the filmmakers of 'When Men Were Men' chatted with me about the film's personal exploration of masculinity.
