Michael's Movie Grade: A-
A powerful movie from Zambia.
This film begins with a young woman driving home from a party and finds her uncle lying dead on street. What unfolds from here is a powerful meditation on death, hypocrisy, family and cultural traditions, prejudice and sexual assault. Though the story is steeped in the culture and traditions of Zambia, what it has to say about these themes are truly universal. No matter what country you live in you, this film is equally as timely and important. This may not be an easy movie to watch at times and often it will make you feel uncomfortable and angry but that is exactly what makes this it so powerful. By the end of this movie, I felt myself having been shaken straight down to my core. As well as emotionally effective this is also an extremely smart movie and will leave you with much food for thought after it is done. Luckily the seriousness of what this film is balanced out by some excellent dark humor, that offers you brief relief, while never playing down the seriousness of what this movie has to say. The movie also benefits from very complex characters, that we learn more about as the film goes on as well as an incredible lead performance from Susan Chardy.
I am keeping this review short because it is better to go into this film knowing as little as possible. However just know that this is a true must see.
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