In lieu of a regular episode this week we are discussing the many films we screened at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. Murtada Elfadl welcomes back writer and critic Valerie Complex to discuss a few films including Rebecca Hall’s Passing, Shaka King’s Judas and the Black Messiah and Jonas Poher Rasmussen’s Flee, among many others. We also give out our awards for best perfromances and choose the one film you can’t miss at the festival.

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Topics Discussed:

• Excellent virtual experience; Sundance presented the best experience of all festivals.
• Documentaries are more innovative than narrative films at the festival.
• Some docs discussed include Captains of Zaatari, Summer Of Soul, Misha and the Wolves and our favorite Flee.
• We give out our own acting awards to Clifton Collins Jr. in Jockey, Daniel Kaluuya in Judas and the Black Messiah and Ruth Negga in Passing.
• Further discussion of Passing and its queer subtext.
• Sundance awards winner Coda; why it won and did it deserve all these awards?
• Movies that surprised us including Violation and Pleasure.

Further Reading:

• Murtada’s Review of Passing.
• Valerie’s review of Passing.
• Murtada’s review of Summer of Soul.
• Valerie’s Review of The World To Come.
• Murtada’s Review of Jockey.

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