Movie #2127 ........................."Love song for Latasha" (netflix - streaming)

 Movie #2127 "Love song for Latasha" (netflix - streaming)  Here's a short documentary that is nominated for an academy award that you might want to check out --- rarely does one get a chance to stream any short doc and watch it in the confines of your home --- they have been putting them in a program that you can see at a movie theatre the week before the academy awards show (this year April 25, 2021) but who knows what will happen this year?  Anyway, after viewing this film, I was left with two feelings:  one was of sadness, and the other confusion as to why this was nominated.  I have seen a lot better short documentaries on basically the same subject that were better done.  It is good, but not outstanding and worthy of the nomination.  But then, I haven't seen the others.  I am right now assuming they are better.  I'd give this one 3 out of 5 and only recommend it to people who want to see a short documentary that has been nominated.

"LOVE SONG FOR LATASHA"              19 mins                    2020

The injustice surrounding the shooting death of 15-year-old Latasha Harlins at a South Central Los Angeles store became a flashpoint for the city’s 1992 civil uprising.

A Love Song For Latasha is a dreamlike hybrid documentary in conversation with the past and the present to reimagine a more nuanced narrative of Latasha Harlins than standard archival practises have captured by excavating intimate and poetic memories shared by her cousin and best friend.

Director:

 Sophia Nahli Allison

Stars:

 Raigan Alex, Zoe Flint, Shinese Harlins