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Black Girl
Why this pick
Its spare black-and-white imagery and intimate focus on a woman constrained by social cruelty echo The House Is Black’s dignity, formal economy and unsentimental compassion.
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Why this pick
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The Nightcleaners
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No Home Movie
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Akerman’s patient attention to an elderly mother makes ordinary rooms and conversations deeply charged, sustaining the same ethical closeness and quiet sorrow.
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