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A Rare Film to Embrace the Black Experience
c ontinued froM p Age 1
consist of running and hiding from
bullies and riding the waves of his
mother’s addiction. His trauma is
conveyed with subtlety and speci-
ficity that we rarely see. It feels so
important to understand that help
comes to this boy in the form of
Juan, the man who controls the drug
trade that has sucked in his mother.
Life is complicated that way. Peo-
ple are too.
In his adolescence, we know the
boy as Chiron. Skinny and a per-
petual outcast, Chiron has acquired
some +coping skills, but still is do-
ing a lot of hiding. In this episode
(indeed, in all three), he has pivotal
encounters with a peer, Kevin. The
interactions here are alternately ten-
der and traumatic. We are made to
feel the inadequacy of all the adults
in Chiron’s world, and the walls that
confine him and limit his options
could not be more confining.
In adulthood, Chiron becomes
Black. He has bulked up and ad-
opted the model of manhood set
for him by Juan. Because this film
has taken its time with its main
characters, we are more likely to
recognize that, if we encountered
Black, we would not imagine that
he has Little and Chiron inside
him. He has chosen a persona,
and the choice is both reasonable
and mysterious. When Kevin
asks him, “Who is you, man?” the
question reverberates. Who is he?
Can we know? Does he?
I love that this film keeps people
complex. I love that it keeps black
men complex. Though it takes
its time and though Little/Chiron/
Black says little -- and though I
saw it when I was stressed and tired
-- I was riveted. It made me want
to know people in a different way.
And that’s the mark of a beautiful,
humanist film.
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Patients will be seen by ap-
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