Directed by Andrew Dosunmu • 2011 • United States
Starring Sy Alassane, Sky Nicole Grey, Tony Okungbowa
The visually ravishing feature debut by Andrew Dosunmu is a mesmerizing plunge into a New York rarely seen on screen, the city’s West African diaspora. Djibril (Sy Alassane) hustles to get by while trying to make it as a musician. His American dream veers off course when he falls for the beautiful Trini (Sky Nicole Grey) and attempts to rescue her from her life of sex work—setting up a clash with her brutal pimp (Anthony Okungbowa). Blending urban realism with a dreamlike visual style, Dosunmu reveals mysterious beauty within the city’s chaos.
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