'How Power Looks' — MiamisFF Review
Praising Black representation and condemning the power structures that suppress it, a mother delivers an impassioned speech to her distant son.
Skates
Set against the backdrop of a bleak suburban town on New Year's Eve 1979, a young boy working at the local roller-skating rink forms a bond with a girl skating there that night. This is a delicate story about 2 identities, who find solace in each other shared feelings of loneliness and isolation on the last night of the year.
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Set against the backdrop of a bleak suburban town on New Year's Eve 1979, a young boy working at the local roller-skating rink forms a bond with a girl skating there that night. This is a delicate story about 2 identities, who find solace in each other shared feelings of loneliness and isolation on the last night of the year.
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Written By:Maddelin McKenna
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