Advantageous
First screened in December 2015
Director: Jennifer Phang. Cast: Jacqueline Kim, Samantha Kim, Freya Adams, James Urbaniak, Jennifer Ehle, Jennifer Ikeda, Ken Jeong, Troi Zee, Olivia Horton, Sameerah Luqmaan-Harris, Mercedes Griffeth, Theresa Navarro. Screenplay: Jennifer Phang and Jacqueline Kim. Twitter Capsule:
Dense, ambitious sci-fi led by Asian women on each side of camera. Places demands on viewers but pays complex rewards.
VOR:④
Even when the storytelling feels a little halting or clogged, it's usually because the movie is chasing rich ideas about time, choice, beauty, race, legacy, gender, and money.
