Abba Makama’s The Lost Okoroshi weaves a compelling narrative around what could be a tired trope
Essays
TIFF19 review: In Made In Bangladesh , the women who make your clothes call for justice
Neither hopeless nor sugar-coated, Rubaiyat Hossain’s Made in Bangladesh is a compelling drama about the difficulties of attaining justice.
TIFF19 review: Our Lady of the Nile , a heartbreaking look at the corruption of innocence
An innocent utopia foreshadows horrific violence in Atiq Rahimi’s Our Lady of the Nile, one of the best acquisition titles at TIFF19.
TIFF19 review: Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger, a perfect introduction to a legend’s activist cinema
Alanis Obomsawin caps off a cycle of five films, seven years in the making, about Indigenous children’s rights in Canada , and it’s one of the best acquisition titles at TIFF19.
TIFF19 review: White Lie is a chilling, meticulous study of duplicity
College girl pretending to have cancer to raise money for… something, is an incredibly dicey, tense premise which Calvin Thomas and Yonah Lewis direct the hell out of.
TIFF19 review: Clemency, a harrowing drama about avoiding questions of morality by hiding behind the law
Chinonye Chukwu’s Clemency is an unflinchingly honest portrayal of the process of a modern day execution