"Ten Days in October" is a suspenseful documentary feature film describing, hour after hour, the unfolding of the "October events" in 2000, the worst civilian riots ever to occur in Israel, which forever altered the relations between Israeli Arabs and the State. The film is made up entirely of news clips, footage shot by protesters, and never-before-seen police footage. Together, in detailed chronological order, they describe events as they occurred in many locations around Israel that included Arab and then Jewish riots. These dramatic events left 14 people dead and hundreds injured as a result of Israeli police gunfire.
Alongside A Drowning Man, I Signed The Petition, 3 Logical Exits, and A World Not Ours, A Man Returned continues to paint a realistic portrait of the Refugee Crisis that eschews the Western gaze and stereotype. These are real portraits painted by a director with lived experience, cultural connection and an amazing eye for visuals.
Netflix’s Shadow and Bone has a complicated relationship with race. It has a diverse cast, but not without its problems. Based on Leigh Bardugo’s two book series, the show features characters from the Shadow and Bone trilogy, which is very straight and white, and the Six of Crows duology, which is much more diverse. When bringing together a cast and writing about these characters, the team behind the show expanded upon some of the representation missing from the first trilogy, then seemed to take away representation from the duology. Shadow and Bone seems to play a bit of a push and pull game when it comes to portraying diversity onscreen.
A Black woman centered in a box office rom-com with a happy ending and no struggle love.
"King Richard" paints a nuanced portrait of a Black father trying to ensure his daughters’ success in a racist, misogynistic world. Yet, Richard and his kids overcome that fear and adversity to succeed.
Despite its simple premise, “imagine being a woman,” the horror behind "Men" feels fueled by a hollow understanding of the insidiousness of misogyny.
