THE REST OF US.

Item request has been placed! ×
Item request cannot be made. ×
loading   Processing Request
Read Online Read More Add to Saved list
  • Author(s): SERPELL, NAMWALI (AUTHOR)
  • Source:
    Nation. 12/16/2019, Vol. 309 Issue 15, p41-43. 3p. 1 Color Photograph.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      SOCIAL conflict; INDEPENDENT films; ACADEMY Awards; MOVIE scenes; INDUSTRIAL relations
    • Abstract:
      Because of its title, American viewers will likely assume that Atlantics, the new film from the French Senegalese director Mati Diop, is about either slavery or refugees. Atlantics cannot overthrow film as an institution, but it does overthrow many of film's formal conventions. We are again caught off guard as the film abruptly becomes a police procedural and then, when a mysterious fever strikes the inspector and all the abandoned women except Ada, transforms once more into a work of surrealism. Labor drama, love story, surrealist film, crime thriller, zombie flick - these shifts are both smooth and unsettling, just like that train in sudden reverse. [Extracted from the article]
    • Abstract:
      Copyright of Nation is the property of Nation Company, L. P. and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)