Sheikh comes to the village. Religious, calm and sophisticated, he is a stranger to every one! Among villagers, seven-year-old Narges is the only one who warmly welcomes him because Sheikh has saved her horse on the very first day of his arrival. Malek is in love with Narges' mother. He sees newcomer Sheikh as his love rival and provokes villagers against him. But, villagers don't know that Sheikh is the owner of all farmlands they are working on.
What makes a person different, and who is considered normal? Based on a true story, The Unbreakable Boy follows the life of Austin LeRette, a young boy with autism and osteogenesis imperfecta, as he navigates daily life with optimism and resilience.
If you haven’t watched Good Trouble yet, you need to. This Foster’s spinoff, aptly named for civil rights champion and Congressman, John Lewis, follows Mariana and Callie Adams Foster as they begin a new chapter of young adulthood and navigate life, careers, social justice, and love.
The original series is now on Netflix, you should definitely give it a watch. And if you’ve already seen it, watch it again.
A few episodes in, I realized the most prominent theme of In The Long Run wasn't culture, race or even finding independence--but the idea of belonging.
Films staring black transgender actresses/actors are few and far between, it’s refreshing to see a demographic represented in film that hardly gets any attention. This is especially important as the Black trans community has been shown in studies to face the highest level of discrimination amongst general trans and non-binary groups. That is why it’s so crucial that we amplify their voices through any way we can, storytelling being a great medium to do so.
