What 'The Photograph' teaches us about the relationship with our parents
Credit: LA Times Last month, we were blessed with some heat from Stella Meghie and Will Packer with the film, “The Photograph”. It was one of the better movies I have watched in some time for a vast array of reasons. First and foremost, it depicted love in beautiful, yet authentic fashion. It was not a romantic comedy, it was a film about romance. We do not get true Black love stories very often. Black love stories are often intertwined with trauma, infidelity, pain and violence. This makes films like “The Photograph” or “Love Jones” or “Brown Sugar” or even “Beyond the Lights” rarities. It was raw, shot with beautiful aesthetics and you have to tip your hat to the pacing in which Stella Meghie wrote it. We got mild humor, a strong supporting cast, a fire soundtrack, black men expressing emotions, positive depictions of Black relationships that can heal generational wounds, pleasing chocolate hues and even a Yoruba reference. On top of all of that, they had I...
