Indie Focus: Spike Lee explores trauma and legacy in 'Da 5 Bloods'

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is among his boldest and most ambitious and arrives at just the right moment. A mix of genres, the film is about a group of Black Vietnam veterans returning to the country in the present day in part to recover the remains of a fallen friend and also to find a cache of hidden gold. The film is a treatise in trauma and legacy and continues Lee’s recent explorations and ongoing critique of film history. The cast includes Delroy Lindo, Jonathan Majors, Clarke Peters, Norm Lewis, Isiah Whitlock Jr.

Davidson plays Scott Carlin, a troubled 20-something still living with his beleaguered mother and unable to move past the death of his firefighter father when he was young. When his mother begins dating a different firefighter , that sends Scott into a spiral. The cast also includes Bel Powley, Maude Apatow, Pamela Adlon and Steve Buscemi. Released by Universal Pictures, the movie is available on premium VOD.

 

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AKA Spike Lee peddles the same old shite and gets money tapping into white guilt.

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How about exploring boring movies made by black film makers full of sanctimony.

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