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Collin: Daveed Diggs
Miles: Rafael Casal
Val: Janina Gavankar
Ashley: Jasmine
Caphas Jones
Officer Molina: Ethan
Embry
Summit Entertainment presents a film directed by Carlos
López Estrada. Written by Rafael Casal & Daveed Diggs. Running time: 95
min. Rated R (for language throughout, some brutal violence, sexual references
and drug use).
Facebook is a dangerous place to hang out lately. There are
few places online—or certainly in the physical world—where our cultural divides are
more clearly displayed out in the open. And yet, many of us can’t quit it.
Despite all the political vitriol found there and thought manipulation I see
enacted on intelligent people on a daily basis, I still like the contact I get
with distant family members and acquaintances. I enjoy seeing pictures of the
smaller moments that define most of our lives. I love laughing at pictures of
Corgis being dogs while their owner project human presumptions upon them. I
also enjoy those challenges that ask you to look at a picture until you can see
an image within it that isn’t at first obvious, or the games that ask you which
words you see first in a grid of letters. These challenges often claim that
what you see first reflects your outlook on life or some such thing. The new
movie Blindspotting, written by lifelong friends Daveed Diggs and Rafael Casal,
offers a glimpse into a culture many of us might not be aware of along with
showing its characters that the way they see their life does not necessarily
match what others see and vice versa.
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