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Review of NO MORE WINGS, the 2020 Tribeca Film Festival Narrative Shorts Winner
Interview with Director Abraham Adeyemi Coming Soon
NO MORE WINGS is 10 evocative minutes of eloquent story telling with poetic panache and a visceral and intellectual resonance lasting long after the film ends. It tells of two 20-plus-somethings meeting-up for a fav repast of six wings and chips in Morley’s, a South London fried chicken shop. Issac and Jude are savvy, down-to-earth no-nonsense class acts with a dash of chutzpah. No phony macho and bravado.
NO MORE WINGS, booked in the Don’t Look Back program and in the Narrative Short Competition at Tribeca 2020, may tempt some to believe that it’s light fare because of the title and the running time, but Director and Writer Abraham Adeyemi and his awesome movie making posse have prepared a rapturous feast for eyes and ears, capturing brilliantly the verities of, and the bitter-sweet fates of, life for promising youth making their way in the poor sections of South London.
Caveat Lector: NO MORE WINGS is transcendent. Audience members should be careful when they blink.
