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LUCE

August 11, 2019 By Leave a Comment

LUCE

LUCE is less a film than a political dialectic on race and class in these United States, and a brilliant, exquisitely performed one at that. Told with a deliberate, sometimes maddening ambiguity, it challenges the audience at every turn about where the truth lies, and the limits of familial loyalty. By the end, not every… Read More »

Tagged With: child soldier, classism, high school, lying, racism, stage to screen, truth

Cary Fukunaga and Abraham Attah Take On BEASTS OF NO NATION

October 16, 2015 By Leave a Comment

Cary Fukunaga and Abraham Attah Take On BEASTS OF NO NATION

I loved the rapport between writer/director Cary Fukunaga and his discovery, Abraham Attah. If there was ever a more impressive feature film debut than Attah’s in BEASTS OF NO NATION, I can’t remember it. This searing, heartbreaking adaptation of Uzodinma Iweala’s novel of the same name casts Attah as Agu, a normal, happy kid in… Read More »

Tagged With: Abraham Attah, book to screen, Cary Fukunaga, child abuse, child soldier, Civil War, Idris Elba, practical special effects, tracking shot, Uzodinma Iweala, West Africa

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