Event Reviews
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SDIFF 2022 presents The Wind and the Reckoning
Reviewed by Alicia Glass The story of a small 19th century colony of Native Hawaiians who refuse to accept government-mandated exile when leprosy breaks out amongst their people and home. Imagine it. You’re a Native Hawai’ian, having lived in and loved the islands your whole life, content with your family and the bountiful giving land, a happy subject of the Hawai’ian kingdom under Queen Lili’uokalani. Then suddenly in 1893 (when the film is set) the monarchy is overthrown, the Hawai’ian...
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SDIFF 2022 presents Dotty and Soul
Reviewed by Alicia Glass After a cancelled Halloween costume scandal, Jewish entrepreneur Ethan Cox decides to try a Trading Places-like attempt at saving his career with Dotty, the charming black lady who sells snacks at his mothers’ hospital! Who does that anymore?...
SDAFF 2022 presents Ocean City Monster Building
Reviewed by Alicia Glass Set in 1984, the former Mayor of an upstate New York township is found dead with the body of a young girl also in his car, and his family and friends plus an out-of-town Detective attempt to unravel the mystery. So Sally Lambert (Julie Joy...
SDIFF 2022 presents Taurus
Reviewed by Alicia Glass Chasing the last days of a rising music star who, while trying to write his next big hit, dives headlong into his own downward spiral of drugs, expectations, and the crushing pressure of super-mega-stardom. So, the lead character Cole is...