If The Sun Is Also A Star had been made back in the old studio days I could see
Frank Borzage directing. Borzage was great in directing a film about young lovers being caught up in circumstances beyond their control. This is a Borzage
film if I ever saw one.
This one is a real sleeper and I'm sure glad I picked out this at the Red Box rental. Without ever mentioning the name of the 45th president this film is stinging indictment of the current ruthless and racist immigration policies now in place. In fact the only reference is a remark made by immigration attorney John Leguizamo about the current political climate.
Yara Shahidi and her parents and siblings are facing deportation back to Jamaica. A real blow as she is a high school student ready to graduate with honors and looking to study astronomy. On the day before the deportation she meets Charles Melton a mixed racial kid who is of Korean descent. The two spend a very special day with Shahidi fearing this will be just a moment in time and Melton who wants to be a poet determined to make it last.
Shahidi and Melton are one appealing pair of leads. They illustrate better than anything the pain and heartbreak that current immigration policies are causing.
Don't let this one get by.
This one is a real sleeper and I'm sure glad I picked out this at the Red Box rental. Without ever mentioning the name of the 45th president this film is stinging indictment of the current ruthless and racist immigration policies now in place. In fact the only reference is a remark made by immigration attorney John Leguizamo about the current political climate.
Yara Shahidi and her parents and siblings are facing deportation back to Jamaica. A real blow as she is a high school student ready to graduate with honors and looking to study astronomy. On the day before the deportation she meets Charles Melton a mixed racial kid who is of Korean descent. The two spend a very special day with Shahidi fearing this will be just a moment in time and Melton who wants to be a poet determined to make it last.
Shahidi and Melton are one appealing pair of leads. They illustrate better than anything the pain and heartbreak that current immigration policies are causing.
Don't let this one get by.