When the parole board asks seventeen-year old Angel Lamere (Dominique Fishback) why she hasn’t seen her younger sister (Tatum Marilyn Hall’s Abby) in two years despite only being incarcerated for one, her reply was an honest yet simplistic, “I wasn’t a good influence.” The fact that she is where she is proves this statement to be the truth, but we’re soon to discover there’s more to it than a flimsy sense of altruism. The decision was conversely a selfish one: necessary, but selfish. Angel was the one who had to live with the memory of what their father (John Jelks) did to their mother (Nastashia Fuller). She’s the one who cannot forget what was taken from them and seeing Abby’s intact innocence unfortunately only made that burden worse.
First-time feature director Jordana Spiro and cowriter Angelica Nwandu are quick to portray the regret this reality fostered.
First-time feature director Jordana Spiro and cowriter Angelica Nwandu are quick to portray the regret this reality fostered.
- 8/1/2018
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
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