Poetry is a powerful tool for the revolution of thought, one that is capable of making you sit up, pay attention and bring reformative change. The aspiration for this reform also rests at the heart of the Black Lives Matter movement which shook the world in 2020 as it went ahead to explicitly state what should be a well-accepted fact - someone with a darker skin tone does not mean they deserve to be discriminated against or are any less worthy of equality. What the narrative of the film does is add to the same conversation, raising pressing, politically-charged questions, but with the lyricism of poetry. It is marked by music and dance, suggesting a fluid, free-flowing space of expression as a woman moves gracefully in the vast expanse of a field. Unfortunately, when it comes to racial identity, this freedom still remains a pipe-dream. However, in the face of systemic oppression, the ideas of equality, freedom and justice will reign free. The black experience will not be obliterated by the weapons of a discriminatory few, becomes the overarching message of the narrative, along with the reminder to take the first step, which might sometimes also mean looking within. No act of change, as small as it might be, is inconsequential, further asserts the film, leaving you with a poignantly moving sense of hope.

Shapes and Colors | Short Film of the Day

The primary engagement of Dreamer is one of immense cultural and social relevance. While dealing with notions of racism and its far-reaching consequences on those who find themselves at its receiving end is a conversation of all times, its resonance has only gained more momentum in contemporary times, ensuring that we truly sit up and pay attention to the several undercurrents that are making their presence felt. 

The narrative does its bit in furthering the said conversation by introducing us predominantly to a single experience of Dr Lily Cruz. As she stands before an immigration officer, a part of a lived reality that might have no more than the significance of a mundane occurrence for the person of the right skin color, little does Dr Cruz realize that her world is about to be turned upside down. 

Through the brief, but impactful exchange between the officer and the protagonist, an important comment is made about the deep bias and prejudice that operates within different sections of society, leaving one utterly and frustratingly powerless in the face of potentially oppressive and arbitrary societal forces. At the film’s conclusion, lies a very crucial comment about the same, and the adverse aftermath of racism, sometimes overt, but other times, more inert, systemic, and therefore insidious, giving rise to the absolute need for the said dialogue to be furthered.

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