MINI-REVIEW: Unclenching the Fists (Kira Kovalenko; 2021)

Ally Pitts reviews Kira Kovalenko's 2021 Ossetian language coming of age drama Unclenching the Fists and then recommends a handful of other films currently streaming on MUBI.

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Carmen Gray's article, Scarred States: Unclenching the Fists and the Art of Escape.

Podcast episode on Daughters of the Dust (Julie Dash; 1991), hosted by Spencer Seams & Joel Torres.

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