Day: May 12, 2023

Our hero Ilyas is a thirteen-year-old Pakistani-American boy living in the U.S. who attends a private Islamic school where he stands out, much to his embarrassment. He is growing a very visible mustache that his parents won’t let him shave, and he is the brunt of many jokes and teasing at school. The boys and… Continue reading SXSW 2023: MUSTACHE

Benny is an eleven-year-old Navajo “city boy” spending the summer at his grandmother’s Arizona sheep ranch. While his parents are going through marital difficulties, Benny’s primary concern is attending the Fleetwood Mac concert he was promised. His dad thinks he is too soft and feels that the ranch will “make a man” of him. His… Continue reading SXSW 2023: FRYBREAD FACE AND ME

You might not see the twist coming in the documentary film Citizen Sleuth because I didn’t. It’s a seemingly simple story of a young podcaster in West Virginia digging into a local death that occurred some years earlier. A young attractive Black woman was killed along a stretch of highway near mile marker 181. Although… Continue reading SXSW 2023: CITIZEN SLEUTH

This film is very inventive; it makes you want to watch it again because things are coming at you so fast, you know you probably missed something. It’s a romance story spanning twelve years set in the far future. Two dissimilar people, Molli (Zosia) and Max (Aristotle), who you know are right for each other,… Continue reading SXSW 2023: MOLLI AND MAX IN THE FUTURE