An immigrant story like no other, Bouchra blends 3D animation, documentary, and anthropomorphism to depict a queer Moroccan finding her way in Manhattan. Aspiring filmmaker (and coyote) Bouchra can’t seem to get past a bad case of writer’s block. Preoccupied with how her sexuality has strained her close relationship with her mother in Casablanca, she pours her anxieties onto the page, spurring a creative breakthrough that she wishes her life could catch up with. The characters may be coyotes, lizards, and cows, but co-directors Orian Barki and Meriem Bennani use documentary tactics to imbue them with disarming honesty and specificity. They incorporate real-life phone calls, letters, and conversations into the story, granting Bouchra an air of spontaneity, ambiguity, and authenticity that sets it apart from most animation. Bouchra beautifully carries on the style, humor, and spirit of Barki and Bennani’s viral sensation of the lockdown era, 2 Lizards, while ramping up the animation quality to create a visual world worthy of their unique characters. (MK)
Film: “Bouchra”
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Music Hall, 925 Bascom Mall, Madison, WI 53706
@ 6:30 pm
