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Mass Ave

2021 · 21 min

A taut, intimate slice of a day that simmers with unspoken friction before a sudden confrontation leaves everything changed.

Overview
Over a day of landscaping work, a first generation African American and his immigrant father have their tense relationship and different outlooks on life transformed irreversibly when they are racially profiled by police.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • race
  • family
  • identity
  • isolation
  • justice
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour2
Realism9
Romance0
Tension7
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama, crime
Directed by
Omar S. Kamara
Written by
Omar S. Kamara, Jalmer Caceres
Starring
Omete Anassi, Benjamin Ochieng
Runtime
21 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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