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Zhamilya Sydykbaeva

Materna

Review: Materna’s Bravura Filmmaking Is in Tedious Service of Capital-T Themes

by Chuck Bowen
August 2, 2021

Rarely do the filmmakers show people mutually affecting one another in cycles of pain and control, rather than blaming phantom figures.

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