
Léo would like to make his transition in broad daylight. Only problem: his father is against it. The teenager has to stand up to his father, and their conflict brings up unspoken issues and pain.
It's not love. It's Obsession. The hook of this movie is the tension between wanting to be loved and the fear of being all-encompassed by that love. It plays on men’s typical (though certainly not universal) inner-conflict
Mirrorball is full of passion and love for the medium of cinema and is indeed a fitting love letter to La La Land.
Gritty and bleak are the best words to describe this film. There’s nothing happy about it.
Zombie apocalypses have been metaphors for late-stage predatory capitalism, but never a system disrupter that brings about freedom.
Disney has kept its word and allowed a new generation of Black and/or African storytellers to tell their own original stories. The question remains, will the public keep their word?