Yara (2021): An Unfocused True Crime Narrative
The trouble with Yara (2021) is that in its attempt to tell the whole story, it struggles to tell a consistently engaging story.
It’s early ‘90’s New York City. Melissa goes to a party with her raver friends; embraces the faux family of the underground club life. She runs in to some kids who hustle her. Trying to be a House Music DJ, Melissa is selling drugs to buy records to pursue her ambitions. She meets Barone and he offers to help her.
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It’s early ‘90’s New York City. Melissa goes to a party with her raver friends; embraces the faux family of the underground club life. She runs in to some kids who hustle her. Trying to be a House Music DJ, Melissa is selling drugs to buy records to pursue her ambitions. She meets Barone and he offers to help her.
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