Tag: Yaa Mensah-King
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The Secrets in Céline Sciamma’s ‘Petite Maman’
While still maintaining her bold directorial voice, Petite Maman clarifies the direction she’s heading in. Further away from the traditional coming-of-age films to exaltations of the ordinary, the mundane and the forgotten.
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Rejecting The Narrative
The state of Israel doesn’t need Hollywood’s fictional narratives — it needs Hollywood faces and personalities to propagate its legitimacy because no matter how you spin it, the narrative will be grim due to the Nakba.
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The Failure of ‘Athena’
One could say the act of producing a manifesto is unbinding oneself from the status quo while, ironically, conforming to the general conventions of the form.
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In Search of Myself
Only at daybreak when most were still asleep did I feel like I could really breathe and be myself. I’ve continued the tradition of watching the sunrise as a reminder of the lives I’ve left behind and the boundless potential that lies ahead of me no matter where I might end up.
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Hyenas Are Made of Brave Men
Hand and brick in vicious cycles meet. / amidst ash and rubble. / Standing tall with an intent to maul, / He attempts to rid himself of it.
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Barbie: When Plastic Becomes Parastic
The film runs on one basic principle: “Because Barbie can be anything; women can be anything.” The film wants you to know that aspiring to be like Barbie is indubitably good.
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The Intolerable Teething Problems of the Women’s Football Awards
Men’s football is granted the luxury of just existing while women’s football comes across as some moral act or work on the part of anyone who deigns to watch it.
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Jamie Lee Curtis and the Curse of Campaigns
Curtis simply joins actors like Al Pacino, Whoopi Goldberg and Kate Winslet who had career highs overlooked and lesser performances gilded, and because the Academy Awards would not be complete without campaigns.
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The Pursuit of Greatness
We seem to be at a point where prestige is still something virtually inaccessible for people of color, women, and other marginalized identities. When we’re in blockbusters, we’re there to fill a “diversity quota,” but when we’re in more serious films, the director has gone “woke.”
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Comexposed: The Making of a Creative Community
Zimbabwean creative community Comexposed has been bringing artists together for almost a decade now. Today it’s the go-to hub for any artist of any skill level. Through the WhatsApp group, artists can easily communicate, share art and exchange feedback.