
After Indonesia became independent, a veteran independence soldier, Ki Atam, continued his life selling banana blossoms for a meager income, he lived a life full of poverty. Approaching the anniversary of Independence Day, he wanted to buy an Indonesian national flag for his house. However, a tragedy befell him.
One Night in Miami... did not frame the racism and bigotry as something that could be solved by quality time spent between individuals. Instead, it featured four different legends of Black History together in one room disagreeing for about 2/3 of the film.
This Christmas movie gives viewers a friendship that unexpectedly forms from a plane trip.
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.
Rip Tide is a coming-of-age film that teaches viewers about finding yourself and reconnecting with surroundings.
I came across Urchin by chance and decided to watch it because of the title. It made me think of the spiky animal that lives at the bottom of the ocean, and the old Dickensian novels, where an urchin was an orphaned, homeless child in shaggy and dirty clothes.