Samantha Mitchell’s “RSVP” Incluvie Film Fest Review
“There’s always something you can do…to make people feel like they’re welcome”

Marino Mariano is a musician and fisherman from Collantes, an Afro-Mexican community on the Costa Chica of Oaxaca. Despite being illiterate, he composed more than 46 songs. Now, at 68 years old, he dreams of recording the songs he still remembers. Along the way, Marino meets other musicians, The Authentics, who, like him, seek to leave their musical legacy.
“There’s always something you can do…to make people feel like they’re welcome”
It was always people for Joe, and he ultimately found them at the end of a long, painful, yet illuminating quest for self-discovery outside of one, confident constant - his bisexuality.
By undermining the appeal and credibility of black characters, the show compromises the very idea of diversity and representation it sets to promote.
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.
While Peter’s heroics might have been a bit unrealistic at times due to his lack of experience, I will always support the civilian taking down the establishment.
Nope succeeds tremendously in dealing with higher concepts in an engaging and highly entertaining manner without sacrificing theme or personality.