Darius Clark Monroe’s ‘Evolution of a Criminal’ screened this afternoon at the Blackstar Film Festival in Philadelphia (July 31 – August 3). Here’s our review of the film.
There’s a popular image of the American bank robber- a "Bonnie and Clyde" outlaw wronged by society, wearing a sky mask. A Robin Hood-figure escaping with bags of unmarked bills. We root for this bank robber in movies. We hope they get away, even though they rarely do. When we leave these films, we get away from a fantasy, and go back to our safe lives. But, what if there’s no going back? What if there’s no hero, no excitement, no exit, and only a deep pain that follows?
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