Director / Writer Dana Ziyasheva Talks About 'Defenders of Life'
Director Dana Ziyasheva made her directorial debut, 'Defenders of Life' which focuses on the Ngäbe community, and the hardships Ngäbe girls faced in Costa Rica.

Have you ever thought what could happen when a young and innocent bright white redhead rides her bike through a thug infested neighborhood??? Well this is the flick that explains it and it isn't pretty unless you're the thug that holds the bike ransom for her little pussy!!! That's right imagine these sweet young thangs gets down on their knees and beg for the bike back!!! But big black dicks will be all they get up in "M".
Director Dana Ziyasheva made her directorial debut, 'Defenders of Life' which focuses on the Ngäbe community, and the hardships Ngäbe girls faced in Costa Rica.
There were too many irrelevant parts that could have been shortened, and too many characters that didn't advance the plot. Either way, some things didn't add up. This was just another played out plot with little, if any, originality in it. By the end of the film, I wasn't happy that she finally got her freedom, I was happy that it was finally over.
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'Playing with Fire' was clearly a film made for a kid or tween-ish audience. Keeping that in mind, I thought 'Playing with Fire' was alright, though it did portray some harmful stereotypes.
"Marriage Story" is a narrow-minded and heavy-handed attempt to examine the complexity of human relationships.