HONG LE - BLACK, BROWN & QUEER ON FILM

 I didn't really enjoy this week's film Mysterious Skin (2004) since there were some triggering scenes. I never agree with sexually abusing children, especially in a really young age because that would traumatize and affect the children in some ways. Mysterious Skin is a good example of showing that fact but it is just too triggering because of the ugly fact. Mysterious Skin (Gregg Araki, 2004) In my opinion, both Neil and Brian are interesting characters. They both be traumatized by the same coach but they deal with the trauma differently. While Neil deals with his trauma by facing the truth, Brian deals with his trauma by believing in and being obsessed with the UFO. One character accepts the truth, and one has to run away from the truth. However, whether facing or running away from the truth, they are both traumatized. The film left me with some questions: Does that trauma truly affect their sexual orientation, their identity? The neglect of parents for sure affect childre...

I didn't really enjoy Mosquita y Mari since the film is not really my type. The plot of two different students with two different situations, both trying to figure out their sexual orientation together is somewhat cliche to me. However, the film still conveys the idea of teenagers confuse about their sexual orientation, and the blurry line between friendship and romance. Mosquita y Mari (2013) The two students Yolanda and Mari get along together naturally, one who is a good student with better family background, while one is struggling and has a worse family background, respectively. They start knowing each other through study. And as time goes by, the line between friendship and romance between them seems to be blurry. The two protagonists both realize the tension between them. However, as teenagers, it is confusing for them to realize or accept their sexual orientation, especially in the society that exists homophobia. There are scenes that they hang out with boys, and one feels...

 Even when Signature Move (2017) is not my type of movie but what remains in me after watching the movie is beautiful. After watching Signature Move, I really respect the character Zaynab. Seeing the situation she is in and how she chooses to deal with her situation in the best way that she can, she reminds me of the character Alike from the movie we watched last week, and her reason of having her own life and living her life in her own way is what remains in me. Signature Move (2017) While Alma is so frustrated that Zaynab lies to Zaynab's mother about her sexuality and keeps secret, Zaynab tries hard to channel her anger into wrestling so that she can think about her situation better. Instead of choosing love over family, or choosing family over love, Zaynab chooses to come out with her mother and let her mother know that she is the one deciding her own life. Knowing that she is everything to her mother, and it is no point in hiding the fact that she is a lesbian from her mother ...