An intimate story about family ties, the loss of loved ones and characters who are unable to live in the present, either because they yearn to return to the past or because they continually fantasise about the future.
I came across Urchin by chance and decided to watch it because of the title. It made me think of the spiky animal that lives at the bottom of the ocean, and the old Dickensian novels, where an urchin was an orphaned, homeless child in shaggy and dirty clothes.
This Transgender Day of Remembrance, let us take a look at six films about transgender children grappling with their identity in a heteronormative world that despises their kind and tries its best to invalidate their feelings.
Neon Gravity is an assassin who realizes that her target, as well as her current reality, are not what they seem. This short film is a futuristic story that takes place in Downtown Miami.
Miley Cyrus shares her struggles as a songstress with a young audience, all while staying upbeat for the Disney brand.
A family drama is woven with quiet yet powerful forces of words and nature.
I hope that more people will see Joyland, understand the situation, and eventually change themselves and society so we can have a more accommodating world where everyday tragedies like the one depicted in the film do not occur.
