The Taste of Mango

critic Reviews

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    Dennis HarveyVariety
    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.
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    Peter BradshawGuardian
    Abrahams’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.
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    Tom DavidsonLondon Evening Standard
    Abrahams’ film reaffirms the strength of generational bonds and champions the desire of the new generation to question and provoke and demand answers.
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    Alexa DalbyDog and Wolf
    It may be slight in length but it packs a powerful punch for freedom for women worldwide.
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    Todd JorgensonCinemalogue
    This deeply personal documentary builds cumulative power as a study of generational relationships among women.
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    Clara CuccaroIn Review Online
    The Taste of Mango is most notable for making a compelling argument for nonfiction cinema as therapy.
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    Christopher Llewellyn ReedFilm Festival Today
    As 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.
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    Robert W. MonkFlickering Myth
    A fascinating study, where time, dreams, and personal memory mingle in an emotive vision of the past, present, and future. 
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    Avi OfferNYC Movie Guru
    Brave and emotionally engrossing.
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    Andrew MurrayThe Upcoming
    The Taste of Mango is a moving exploration of family and memory that gradually tugs at and unravels an unspoken trauma.
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