A Moving Image

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Audience Member This is one of, if not the best modern-day movies I have seen. Relevant and evoking emotion for a key issue, the actors and storyline completely satisfy. Specifically I was drawn to Big Ben one of the supporting yet crucial characters. Yinka Oyewole, founder and vocalist/guitarist of the rock band Sabatta, plays this part and brings a depth that propels you to want more. Multi-talented, the producers delivered with this choice. I thoroughly enjoyed it and was completely engrossed throughout. An art movie that magnetically entertains and educates at the same time is my type of film. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/26/23 Full Review Audience Member Marvellous film !!!!! Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review Audience Member Let's first get this out of the way, a young black writer and director, making a 'docu-drama- about gentrification, in London, in 2017...I mean, it ticks all the boxes, right? It would be almost impossible not to be moved by this film. And yet...A Moving Image left me with that cringey feeling of watching an experimental student film written by a person completely unable to understand human emotions. The film relies on its lead actress Tanya Fear, but never really makes you care about her. The filmmaker, knowing he was onto a winner with the whole gentrification thing, seemed to have decided halfway through filming that she needed to have some feelings and relationships so cooked up a couple of love interests and a squabble with her best friend that could only have been written by someone who doesn't know women that well. So, if we ignore the drama and focus on the 'docu,' what do we have? A half-finished look at gentrification in Brixton. It could be argued that apart from the real-life guy with the loudspeaker, everyone, like the Ethiopian woman in the tea room, has kind of gentrified already in their own way. There's an obvious lack of Caribbean influence and ownership in the film, which arguably was there before the filmmaker even arrived in the area himself. When you add the embarrassing dance moments, you leave the cinema feeling that, yes, you've ticked the boxes and watched an "important film" for 2017, but was it any good? Ehh. And did you enjoy it? Nah. Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/18/23 Full Review Audience Member A really solid feature debut Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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