Blindspotting
By Daveed Diggs and Rafael Casal
Across 90-odd minutes, writers and stars Daveed Diggs (Shout out to Hamilton Fans) and Rafael Casal, along with Mexican-American director Carlos López Estrada, deliver an arresting crash course in the intersecting forces of police shootings, white privilege, and gentrification. The film is, in part, a colorful love letter to Oakland as the neighborhood begins to change, and tonally it oscillates from comic buddy escapades to attention-grabbing dramatic scenes and confrontations in a way that heightens the effect of both. This movie is so good, you guys. But it's also a story that needs to be told. You can rent/buy it online.