A video compiling work from young people at the Four Corners' Cinema workshop. This film in six sections combines spontaneous improvisations, tape slide shows with colour and black and white photographs, interviews with 15 years old girls and boys from the Bethnal Green area, with facts and statistics compiled by the THIRRC Tower Hamlets Research and Resources Centre. The unusual format is used to communicate information about living and working conditions in the borough of Tower Hamlets, making a socialist and anti-government critique of the policies of the Conservative administration under Margaret Thatcher.
KIMI is the main character of this film and as much as I wish it was Angela Childs played by Zoe Kravitz, it isn't. KIMI is a smart device that works not unlike Amazon's Alexa and Google's Nest assisting in anything from home purchases to music playing all under the guise of only activating when in use.
Ultra-violent storytelling has never been my thing, but the issues with Scarface go beyond that. The film perpetuates harmful stereotypes about Latinx immigrants and uses gore and misogyny for shock value that never serves any purpose. The whole venture is frustratingly empty, and left me desiring something more.
Films staring black transgender actresses/actors are few and far between, it’s refreshing to see a demographic represented in film that hardly gets any attention. This is especially important as the Black trans community has been shown in studies to face the highest level of discrimination amongst general trans and non-binary groups. That is why it’s so crucial that we amplify their voices through any way we can, storytelling being a great medium to do so.
Love is Blind Season 2 is the perfect reality show to tie a viewer over until the next season of Bridgerton. Check out Love is Blind Review Season 2
A recent look at gender and racial diversity in film shows some signs of progress. However, white men still make up the vast majority of actors and directors in top-grossing films.
