Samantha Mitchell’s “RSVP” Incluvie Film Fest Review
“There’s always something you can do…to make people feel like they’re welcome”

“There’s always something you can do…to make people feel like they’re welcome”
This film is a splendid mix of mediums, but its strength lies in its simplicity and beautiful message of closeness.
In The Novelist's Film, Hong explores the meaningful things people share and inspire by virtue of simply engaging with one another.
SPOILERS AHEAD. Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song distinguished itself from Hollywood films of its time by introducing New Wave cinema storytelling methods into Black cinema.
This is not a slavery story, it is a freedom story. The viewers only see Harriet as a slave for the first few minutes of the film. To me, it felt like watching the origin story of a superhero…which is both good and bad.