I guess I can understand the need to make these quick comparisons that immediately give the audience an easy mental snapshot of what to expect from the film, but I'm really not a fan of reductive descriptions like "Zimbabwean 'Sex And The City;" however, that's how it's being labeled (not be me). No matter, I'm still curious about this drama by Zimbabwean writer/director Rumbi Katedza, intriguingly-titled Playing Warriors - what looks like a playful social dramedy about four young women and the challenges they face in balancing the expectations of tradition and social norms that come with being modern, independent women in present day Zimbabwe. Its...
- 3/1/2013
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
I guess I can understand the need to make these quick comparisons that immediately give the audience an easy mental snapshot of what to expect from the film, but I'm really not a fan of reductive descriptions like "Zimbabwean 'Sex And The City;" however, that's how it's being labeled by some. No matter, I'm still curious about this drama by Zimbabwean writer/director Rumbi Katedza, intriguingly-titled Playing Warriors - what looks like a playful social dramedy about four young women and the challenges they face in balancing the expectations of tradition and social norms that come with being modern, independent women in present day...
- 7/18/2012
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
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