Kanga
5.5
1992
0 hr 15 min
Drama
, Documentary
Early 90s London gets a vibrant dose of African culture in this mini odyssey fusing dance, music and fashion.
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How sad is this?
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Yo, there's no way for me to review this film without saying, take your *insert ethnicity + "ass" here* to see this film,like now. You have to see it in order to know what you're really messing with.
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While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.
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The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.
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