‘Water Lilies’ and the Journey of Identity - Movie Review
A gentle coming of age story, Water Lilies takes its time in exploring what it’s like to be a young girl trying to make sense of her sexuality in a heteronormative world.

A four-year investigation by BBC World Service’s investigative unit, BBC Africa Eye, and podcast World of Secrets, has found shocking revelations about the brutal killings committed by security guard Louis van Schoor in South Africa during the apartheid era. Convicted of seven murders, he is believed to have killed at least 39 people, all of whom were black. The youngest victim was just 12 years old.
A gentle coming of age story, Water Lilies takes its time in exploring what it’s like to be a young girl trying to make sense of her sexuality in a heteronormative world.
Not only does the system prevent upward mobility, but it makes it incredibly easy to slide from comfortably middle class to unhoused.
A lot of us are emotionally impacted by the current pandemic. So, while we’re all stuck here in our homes, it’s great to put on a movie to ease the stress. With that, I made up a small list of some of my favorite feel-good movies.
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