The sum effect is at once densely textured and appealingly direct, its experimental aspects only serving to communicate more vividly the bonds tested but also strengthened by great adversity.
Read full articleAbrahams’s film-making language has a supple informality and immediacy, revealing what you might call the unofficial drama of family life, the guilt and pain which she has brought out of the shadows.
Read full articleAbrahams’ film reaffirms the strength of generational bonds and champions the desire of the new generation to question and provoke and demand answers.
Read full articleIt may be slight in length but it packs a powerful punch for freedom for women worldwide.
Read full articleThis deeply personal documentary builds cumulative power as a study of generational relationships among women.
Read full articleThe Taste of Mango is most notable for making a compelling argument for nonfiction cinema as therapy.
Read full articleAs a director, Abrahams leans into abstract imagery and blurry shots that sometimes don’t resolve, a strong visual metaphor for the complexities of real life.
Read full articleA fascinating study, where time, dreams, and personal memory mingle in an emotive vision of the past, present, and future. 
Read full articleThe Taste of Mango is a moving exploration of family and memory that gradually tugs at and unravels an unspoken trauma.
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