SIFF hot take May 31, 2018 at 05:20PM

This is Home

fascinating and moving documentary about Syrian refugees resettling in Baltimore Maryland. they have 8 months to become self-sufficient. the film was followed by a low-key reception with the local chapter of International Rescue Committee, an excellent way to get engagement.

SIFF hot take May 31, 2018 at 09:26PM

What Will People Say

Norwegian film about a Pakistani-Norwegian teenage girl who acted too Norwegian for her family, so they shipped her to the old country. (I feel like this is a sub-genre made for me: the Muslim immigrant in Northern Europe story, featuring a fierce young woman.) It telegraphed most of its punches, put they still landed. So much great acting happening in the spaces between the lines, with the father doing some very heavy lifting. I feel wrecked after watching it.