Two women are estranged as mother and daughter, but their lives are interwoven by an invisible thread. The old mother seeks a home with one of her 4 daughters in a world that no longer wants her. The young mom, shattered from recent divorce, has to piece together a broken home. Looking to their past to try and find answers for an uncertain future, their search eventually brings the mother and daughter together.
As Andrew’s life begins to change, his passion for drumming soon becomes a spiraling obsession in the pursuit of perfection. Through the use of disturbing and abusive training methods, Fletcher puts Andrew through emotional and physical agony.
As an extremely avid fan of DC’s animation, I’ve become familiar with the way the studio uses Batman as a bit of a Trojan Horse to introduce some of their lesser known characters.
In this short film, writer/director Nikita Hattangady focuses on Jai, a starving artist rooted in the latter category. Though unhoused, he works hard.
The second season arrives over three years after its first. While late on arrival, most audience members will be happy.
Highlighting the many ways in which AFF 2023 illustrated that the queer experience is not a monolithic one.
Striving for validation. Let’s be frank….we ALL want to be successful. Whatever we put our efforts into, ideally it is to make it culminate in the best possible results across the board, especially when it comes to what career path we are pursuing. We WANT to excel, to shine, to advance, to be acknowledged. AND…let’s hope that we also wish to better everyone around us to boot. However, what occurs when those whom we initially put our trust in suddenly become a burden instead of a boon? Do we falter under the weight of rejection? Or STAND UP for WHO WE ARE?
