The film is primarily a conversation between two women, one a hardened adult who has completely accepted the several onslaughts of patriarchy in her life. The other is her daughter, on the cusp of adulthood, striving with everything that she’s got against the same onslaught.
The two women of color, now in the USA, find themselves at complete loggerheads where while one struggles to hold on to antiquated ideas of tradition, the other is trying to seek out more of what the world has to offer. As Mehar endeavors to convince her mother to let her pursue her fully-funded degree at MIT, her mother becomes the very mirror of internalized patriarchy and misogyny where women themselves prevent other women from breaking out of their shackles.
The end result falls a little short of utilizing its actors to their full potential. Nevertheless, it presents an important conversation that more often than not defines the immigrant experience for women of color in particular, and of women all over the world in general.
Read LessThe two women of color, now in the USA, find themselves at complete loggerheads where while one struggles to hold on to antiquated ideas of tradition, the other is trying to seek out more of what the world has to offer. As Mehar endeavors to convince her mother to let her pursue her fully-funded degree at MIT, her mother becomes the very mirror of internalized patriarchy and misogyny where women themselves prevent other women from breaking out of their shackles.
The end result falls a little short of utilizing its actors to their full potential. Nevertheless, it presents an important conversation that more often than not defines the immigrant experience for women of color in particular, and of women all over the world in general.
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