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She's Gotta Have It (2017)
Fun, free and entertaining series with imperfections
The story revolves around Nola Darling who is a young black female artist living in New York. She has intimate relationships with three different guys who possess three different kinds of personalities and therefore all fulfill her in their own ways.
The series take us through all the emotional struggles that come with being an artist, being a (black) female and searching for (self)love. It also shines a light on different kinds of views of several political/social subjects.
What I thought was really fun and original was that after a lot of scenes an album cover of the background music that you just heard was shown. Also as a woman, it was easy to relate to the stuff Nola goes through. I like that the series focuses on Nola but also shows us a more in depth look into the lives of all the other characters so that we can slowly connect to all of them and appreciate the roles they each play in her life.
The story is flawed and definitely has imperfections (characters respond too fast during dialogues, some corny moments, the story line is too quick/too slow or some times too random..), but I still really enjoyed watching it. I liked the vibe it had going on and would watch a second season. I think this series is mostly for an audience below 30's and will mainly be appreciated by females.
Havana (1990)
A beautiful, passionate, deep, sincere love story set during the Cuban revolution
This movie is for people who have been in love or like watching movies about love. Though this movie isn't your cliché type of love story (it also contains aspects on the Cuban revolution) the chore of the movie revolves around love.
The movie is about a simple man (Jack) who visits Havana because he loves to gamble, to meet the woman (Roberta) that would change his outlook and life forever. She fights for the resistance, against Batista, while he's not into politics at all. She's married with a man (Arturo) that is the head of the resistance in Havana. When Arturo gets kidnapped and is considered killed, Jack and Roberta have the chance to fall in love. But Jack finds out that Arturo is still alive and faces the choice of letting Roberta go or staying quite...
This is one of the most real, deep and touching love stories I have seen. It contains beautiful poetic dialogues and the acting is great. A beautiful story about the meaning of love, sacrifice combined with the Cuban revolution.