Underplayed Gems

Residue (2022)

Residue poster
Directed by
Merawi Gerima
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 30m
Rating
5.6 of 10 from 22 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

More films like thisWatch the trailer

or watch the trailer on YouTube

How it feels

A young man returns to his childhood neighborhood in Washington D.C. and finds it transformed by gentrification. He reconnects with old friends and confronts the changes that have reshaped his community.

slow-burncontemplativemelancholicpersonalgroundedintimatereflectivequiet

What happens

Residue is a 2020 American drama film written, directed and produced by Merawi Gerima, at his feature film debut. The film premiered at the 77th edition of the Venice Film Festival, in the Giornate degli Autori sidebar. Gerima was awarded the John Cassavetes Award at the 36th Independent Spirit Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

This page is from Underplayed Gems. Not quite it? You can browse by genre, country and year, or take this one into the 3D catalogue and ask the Catbot for something closer.