Review: The excellent 'Fast Color' shows women of color with superpowers, literally
Three generations of women — from left: Bo , Lila and Ruth — have supernatural abilities in Julia Hart’s “Fast Color.” By Alan Zilberman April 19 at 12:01 AM Rating:
At first, the film unfolds like a thriller. Gugu Mbatha-Raw plays Ruth, a young woman on the run. Her predicament is not explained, but her desperation is real: She is prone to violent seizures that shake the walls surrounding her , and every friendly face may be a government scientist who wants to perform invasive tests. She finally makes her way to an isolated home where her mother, Bo , lives with Ruth’s estranged daughter, Lila .
Grandmother Bo and granddaughter Lila can deconstruct and reassemble objects with their mind. Race and gender are important undercurrents to the film. Ruth and Bo, both black women, want to teach Lila what it takes to live in a country that’s indifferent or even hostile to that identity. All of Ruth’s pursuers are white men, and they do not understand her potential, background or spirituality. Their attempt to “tame” Ruth is where the film finds an allegorical dimension.
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