93 - Cuties and #CancelNetflix with Laura Kruse
Kino Lefter
English - September 22, 2020 18:00 - 1 hour - 41.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 60 ratingsTV & Film Comedy moves film socialism comedy movie reviews anarchism anarchy cinema film criticism Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Activist, writer, and Kino Lefter alumna Laura Kruse (@_SaturnReturn) joins the program to discuss one of the most controversial films of the year.
Cuties, a French film from director Maïmouna Doucouré is a coming of age story centering on Amy, a young Senegalese girl who becomes fascinated with a dance crew called "The Cuties" and searches for belonging between two models of femininity.
After Netflix tweeted a provocative poster of the young cast, it instantly became the target of a boycott campaign from the #SaveTheChildren, QAnon, and normie crowds alike. In this episode we explore the dimensions of this soon-to-be-forgotten controversy, what it means, and what value the film itself has as a liberal feminist document.
ReComradations:
Laura: Happiness, dir. Todd Solonzd (1998)
Evan: [1] Widows, dir. Steve McQueen (2018) [2] Halloween III: Season of the Witch, dir. Tommy Lee Wallace (1982)