Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Daveed Diggs | ... | Collin | |
Rafael Casal | ... | Miles | |
Janina Gavankar | ... | Val | |
Jasmine Cephas Jones | ... | Ashley | |
Ethan Embry | ... | Officer Molina | |
Tisha Campbell-Martin | ... | Mama Liz | |
Utkarsh Ambudkar | ... | Rin | |
Kevin Carroll | ... | James | |
Nyambi Nyambi | ... | Yorkie | |
Jon Chaffin | ... | Dezz | |
Wayne Knight | ... | Patrick | |
Margo Hall | ... | Nancy | |
Ziggy Baitinger | ... | Sean 'Ziggy' Jones | |
Leland Orser | ... | Judge | |
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Travis Parker | ... | Randall Marshall |
Collin (Daveed Diggs) must make it through his final three days of probation for a chance at a new beginning. He and his troublemaking childhood best friend, Miles (Rafael Casal), work as movers and are forced to watch their old neighborhood become a trendy spot in the rapidly gentrifying Bay Area. When a life-altering event causes Collin to miss his mandatory curfew, the two men struggle to maintain their friendship as the changing social landscape exposes their differences. Explores the intersection of race and class set against the backdrop of Oakland.
There are a lot of films that attempt different social issues but most seem forced and preaching. Blindspotting is organic and has such a real texture.
I've read some of the other reviews and none of them understand the characters in the film are very real. If you have ever lived in the bay, you know these people are real. Everything in the film comes from natural situations that happen without forcing it down your throat and show how one thing can lead to another. I've watched it multiple times and shown countless people and not a single person walked away from the film not blown away