Georgia in the 1890s: The Beauford plantation is among the biggest of the region, which in turn makes the Beauford mansion a center of local society and location of many a party. Beauford has four daughters, Syra, Seeny, Twiggy and Nelly, and while the other three thing about nothing else but young men to marry, Nelly's passion is puppetry, so much so that she makes her own puppets and puts up shows with her best friend Nile, and the two girls dream of becoming puppeteers. As it happens, one day Rogers, a star puppeteer from the UK, stops by the Beauford residence - and though he's very charming and shows interest in Nelly and her work, she's not taken in by him and shows more (professional) interest in his impresario Bellamy. And then she meets their "assistant" Brock, a young black man about her age, who proves to be the real genius behind Rogers' shows, creating all his impressive, very complex puppets. She and Brock soon form a bond that blends the professional with the romantic - but in the 19th entury South, mixed race relations were still a big no-no ...

Director Hooroo Jackson has made a name of himself making AI-generated feature films, but this is the first one he has made in a photorealistic style - and the results are quite impressive: Not only does the film capture the spirit of the era it's set in quite nicely, is heavy on atmosphere, and Jackson's at times avant garde ways of filmmaking keep things interesting, it also features a really compelling story that mixes historic and universal themes into an impressive whole. So in all, a movie well worth a watch, even if one looks beyond its technical achievment.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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