Sundance 2023: Erica Tremblay on her debut feature “Fancy Dance”
Making her first feature film at 42, Indigenous filmmaker Erica Tremblay is pissed off she hadn’t got the opportunity sooner. Despite being told ‘no’ many times, she kept going and continued on making her own short films, and eventually landed in the writer’s room of “Reservation Dogs.” Her feature film “Fancy Dance” centers around a […]
Sundance 2023 review: “Girl,” directed by Adura Onashile
One day every mother must come to terms with the fact that their little girls will grow into women. As those changes begin to take place, so does the realization that the way the world treats them will shift. Adura Onshile’s feature-length directorial debut, “Girl,” follows mother-daughter duo Grace (Déborah Lukumuena) and Ama (Le’Shantey Bonsu), […]
Sundance 2023 review: “Smoke Sauna Sisterhood,” directed by Anna Hints
An inherent part of female existence is the eventual realization that in most social contexts, you and your body are viewed as a resource and commodity. The consequential aspect of female existence is the sisterhood that is created by these overarching shared experiences. Anna Hints’ “Smoke Sauna Sisterhood” is a document of this reality in […]