17-year-old Ala decides to commit suicide. The failed attempt ends with the girl falling into a coma. It turns out that the life of this seemingly ordinary girl was difficult and full of tensions. Alicia's severe condition causes relatives to try to learn her secrets and understand the motive behind her decision.
This year, in light of the pandemic and the inability to gather with our loved ones, a few of our staff members reviewed their favorite holiday films with the hope of recreating some of the sentimentality that reminds us of home.
In Jeymes Samuel's history-infused, neo-spaghetti western, Black women are center stage with a fresh hip hop mixtape keeping rhythm in the backdrop.
'Kajillionaire' is a touching and eccentric story about family, crime, and the search for belonging.
"13 Going on 30" tracks the tricky transition from adolescence to adulthood.
'Ganja & Hess' is a 1973 experimental horror film, written and directed by the visionary auteur Bill Gunn. It was meant to be a straightforward blaxploitation film – but director Gunn had grander ambitions.
