Starring Emayatzy Corinealdi, Omari Hardwick, Edwina Findley, Lorraine Toussaint and David Oyelowo
U.S., 2012
This subtle slice-of-live drama explores the lonely days of a woman whose husband is in prison. She’s put her career on hold so she can be available for visits and phone calls, and is instrumental in helping stay on top of his ongoing court case. Her mother and sister believe she should move on, but she’s not quite ready to yet, even when she meets a nice bus driver she seems to click with.
The first film I ever saw by DuVernay was SELMA, shortly followed by 13TH, so I’m glad to have finally seen one of her earlier works. The cast is so good in this movie it is surprising that only Oyelowo really went on to greater success, but hopefully it’s only a matter of time for the rest of them. This movie is sort of the inverse of THE YOUNG VICTORIA – where that movie’s relationship hinged on learning when and how to trust, this movie’s relationship hinges on finding the power within yourself to finally say “no” to someone you can’t trust anymore.
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