Posts tagged Immigrant experience
Mountains: A Wiser, Kinder View of Haitian Immigrants
ReviewJim SlotekMountains, TIFF 23, Monica Sorelle, Chris Renois, Sheila Anozier, Atibon Nazaire, Immigrant experience, Haitian stories, Haitian experience, Drama
Ru: Immigration Drama a Love Letter to Canada
ReviewJim SlotekRu, adaptation, TIFF 23, Charles-Olivier Michaud, Jacques Davidts, Chloe Djandji, Chantal Thuy, Immigrant experience, Drama, Canadian
So Much Tenderness: Powerful Immigrant Story Showcases Director’s Cinematic Gift
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekSo Much Tenderness, Lina Rodriquez, TIFF 2022, Noëlle Shöenwald, Natalia Aranguren, Francisco Zaldua, Canadian, Immigrant experience, Movies set in Toronto, Drama
Original-Cin Q&A: Riceboy Sleeps Director, Star on Capturing the Immigrant Experience
By Bonnie Laufer
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InterviewJim SlotekRiceboy Sleeps, Anthony Shim, TIFF 2022, TFCA, Rogers Best Canadian Film Award, Choi Seung-yoon, Ethan Hwang, Dohyun Noel Hwang, Korean cinema, Immigrant experience
We Are Living Things: UFO Drama a Metaphor (Maybe?) for Aliens in America’s Backyard
ReviewJim SlotekUFOs, Aliens, Immigrant experience, We Are Living Things, Antonio Tibaldi, Jorge Antonio Guerrero, Xingcheng Lyu, Zao Wang, O-Lan Jones, Paul Cooper
Snakehead: Sympathy for a Human Trafficker. So, There’s That…
ReviewJim SlotekSnakehead, Evan Jackson Leong, Shuya Chang, Jade Wu, Sung Kang, Richie Eng, Immigrant experience, Drama, New York, TIFF 2021
Enforcement: Muddled but Forceful Danish Cop Drama Echoes Current Issues in Throwback Style
Review, PreviewJim SlotekAnders Ølholm, Jacob Møller, Enforcement, Danish films, Cop drama, Immigrant experience, Police violence, Simon Sears, Jacob Lohmann, Tarek Zayat
Original-Cin Q&A: First-time actor, Mississauga's Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, talks about starring in new Mindy Kaling series
By Bonnie Laufer
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InterviewJim SlotekNever Have I Ever, Mindy Kaling, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, The Mindy Project, The Office, Teen comedy series, Netflix, Lang Fisher, Immigrant experience, First-gen children of immigrants
