A fabulous film about a teenager searching for her own unique place and identity. A black teen, lesbian and intelligent, does not color in anyone's lines and with the help of a teacher (AP English), a loyal friend and her father chooses her own trajectory. That's the point. She makes a choice based on what feels right to her. This girl's intelligence gives her opportunity and access to a larger life. She's smart and does well in school and accepts that about herself. While her mother is unable to accept her daughter's sexual orientation the writer/director portrays this woman as totally constrained by her own expectations of herself as a mother. There is no room in her psyche for a gay daughter. I don't believe she's evil just rigidly limited in her point of view. I'm sure many people will find this mother intolerable. There is always room for growth I say.
This movie was shot in all my old hoods of Brooklyn: Park Slope, Brooklyn Heights and Cobble Hill. Magnet H.S. on Court Street across from my beloved Cobble Hill Cinema. Nice to be reminded.
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