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Blindspotting

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Original title: Blindspotting
Year: 2018
Running time: 95 min.
Country: United States
Director: Carlos López Estrada
Screenwriter: Rafael Casal, Daveed Diggs
Music: Michael Yezerski
Cinematography: Robby Baumgartner
Cast: Daveed Diggs, Rafael Casal, Janina Gavankar, Jasmine Cephas-Jones, Ethan Embry, Wayne Knight, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Tisha Campbell, Kevin Carroll, Nyambi Nyambi, Kendra Andrews, Zack Duhame, Jon Chaffin, Dawayne Jordan, Casey Adams, Justin Chu Cary, George Watsky, Carlos López Estrada, John K. Moeslein, Steven Wiig
Producer: Snoot Entertainment
Genre: Comedy | Buddy Film
Synopsis / Plot: Collin is trying to make it through his final days of probation for an infamous arrest he can’t wait to put behind him. Always by his side is his fast-talking childhood bestie, Miles, who has a knack for finding trouble. When Collin’s chance for a fresh start is interrupted by a life-changing missed curfew, his friendship with Miles is forced out of its comfortable buddy-comedy existence, and the Bay boys are set on a spiraling collision course with each other.

Awards: 2018: Sundance Film Festival: Official Selection

2018: Independent Spirit Awards: Nominated for Best Actor (Daveed Diggs)

2018: Directors Guild of America (DGA): Nominated for Breakthrough Director

Critics' reviews

"The most exciting cinematic take on contemporary race relations since 'Do the Right Thing' nearly 30 years ago (...) [It] captures the many forces (...) now boiling over in modern-day Oakland."

Peter Debruge: Variety
"Carlos Lopez Estrada's debut taps into potent ideas about race in America, even as it struggles to make them work."

Eric Kohn: IndieWire
"Its lively frequency is embedded in the writing, bolstered by Carlos López Estrada’s direction, and kept buoyant by the performers."

Glenn Kenny: The New York Times
"[It] puts far more on its plate than it knows how to handle (...) One consistent virtue of the film is the cinematography by Robby Baumgartner"

Alonso Duralde: The Wrap
"A striking but frustrating film about race in a changing Oakland (...) [It] betrays instincts both realistic and fantastical, insightful and banal."

Todd McCarthy: The Hollywood Reporter
"Impressive (...) Downright revelatory: It crackles to life without a surfeit of surface flash."

Jesse Hassenger: AV Club
"It takes aim at myriad targets and bluntly satirizing them in disparate styles that never mesh into a cohesive whole (...) When Blindspotting keeps things simple (...) there's a sense of purpose (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"

Derek Smith: Slant
"Vital and messy in equal measure (...) 'Blindspotting' wins no points for subtlety (...) The speechifying and manipulative plot twists are overdone (...) but the emotion behind the calculation still stings."

Tim Grierson: Screendaily

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