LITTLE WOODS (2019) Visual Review

Little Woods, North Dakota, a fracking boomtown well beyond its prime. Ollie is trying to survive the last few days of her probation after getting caught illegally running prescription pills over the Canadian border. But when her mother dies, she is thrust back into the life of her estranged sister Deb (James), who is facing her own crisis with an unplanned pregnancy and a deadbeat ex. The two find they have one week to settle the mortgage on their mother’s house or face foreclosure. As bills and pressure mount, Ollie faces a choice: whether to return to a way of life she thought she’d left behind for just one more score or to leave it all behind.

Release date: April 19, 2019
Studio: NEON
Director: Nia DaCosta
MPAA Rating: R for language and some drug material
Screenwriter: Nia DaCosta
Starring: Tessa Thompson, Lily James, Luke Kirby, James Badge Dale, Lance Reddick
Genre: thriller

Here is my visual review done in an original visual style with several graphics that work you through the film.

What can I say about one of the most important films of the year? Here is a film that affords you an opportunity to see the world through a black woman’s lens. Here is a familiar story that has no cookie cutter. Here is brilliance. Go see it and experience the world as you never have.