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Ode à Latasha

Original title: A Love Song for Latasha
  • 2019
  • 7
  • 19m
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
2.7K
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Ode à Latasha (2019)
A dreamlike portrait of a vibrant 15-year-old girl whose shooting death sparks the 1992 L.A. Riots.
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The injustice surrounding the shooting death of 15-year-old Latasha Harlins at a South Central Los Angeles store became a flashpoint for the city’s 1992 civil uprising.The injustice surrounding the shooting death of 15-year-old Latasha Harlins at a South Central Los Angeles store became a flashpoint for the city’s 1992 civil uprising.The injustice surrounding the shooting death of 15-year-old Latasha Harlins at a South Central Los Angeles store became a flashpoint for the city’s 1992 civil uprising.

  • Director
    • Sophia Nahli Allison
  • Stars
    • Tybie O'Bard
    • Shinese Harlins
    • Zoe Flint
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.8/10
    2.7K
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    • Director
      • Sophia Nahli Allison
    • Stars
      • Tybie O'Bard
      • Shinese Harlins
      • Zoe Flint
    • 11User reviews
    • 13Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 6 wins & 6 nominations total

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    Nnenna Brown
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    Londyn Sharp
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    Marley Cortez
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        • Sophia Nahli Allison
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      10skylart-38611

      Beautiful and Sad

      Its very sad, and while the film style is unique and scattered its very beautifully told. Its beautiful her family and friends still carry on her legacy. I highly recommend, its a good reminder how little we value some people and how racism can cut someone's life short
      8RosanaBotafogo

      Sad however necessary...

      A very painful documentary, broken dreams, revolt, and widespread outrage at the disproportionate violence and latent injustice, Soon Ja Du, a 51-year-old Korean, did not serve a single day in prison, and that fact also contributes to the Uprising Los Angeles in 1992 and remembered in the Black Lives Matter, a simple production, however necessary, with only speeches and memories from friends and relatives...
      7Neon_Gold

      Incredibly Sad and Familiar

      This story is so painful and sadly, familiar 20 years later.

      I think that Latasha sounds incredible and I think this documentary does a great job at painting a picture of her and like the woman in the documentary said Latasha is often reduced to just a headline. I think this documentary is a fantastic counter to that and really shows the person she was.

      This is a sad watch. It's sad what happened to her, it's sad what happened to her loved ones and it's sad that it still happens today. The end lines of text after the movie finishes is are just the final punch to the gut. It really is Appalling.

      Unfortunately I think that the filmmaking does hinder this documentary at times. It's a little scattered and for lack of another word, strange.

      It is sort of art house-y and has so many effects on it. You don't see the faces of anyone talking for the first half of the documentary so it can be confusing who is actually telling the story. I think all this just gets in the way.

      This doesn't completely ruin the film I just would have personally preferred them to focus more on the story and not reversing footage and like editing every shot to the hilt.
      goldenlampshade

      Packs an Emotional Punch

      The front runner for Best Documentary Short at the Academy Awards and deservedly so, I'm very happy the Oscars put this on my radar because A Love Song for Latasha is such a short and sweet tribute to a life taken too soon. Without being preachy or insensitive, it is simply a film that honors the layers the media neglects to share about Latasha Harlins. I was taught about her briefly in college but I'm so glad this Netflix doc colored in the lines in between what I knew. This is such a worthwhile watch because it manages to make a cinematic and beautiful short that is lush and emotionally moving. Well done.
      roger_2020

      this will make you cry its that good

      This is a great documentary . It is well constructed,Brittany Hudson is superb and so likeable. A Love Song for Latasha 10/10

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      • Trivia
        Tupac Shakur referenced this situation in many songs and poems in memoriam to Latasha Harlins. Including the songs: "Strictly for my N", "Hellrazor", "I Wonder If Heaven Got A Ghetto", "White Man'z World", and "Thugz Mansion". In addition, the video for his hit song "Keep Your Head Up" was dedicated to her.
      • Connections
        Referenced in La 93e cérémonie des Oscars (2021)
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        Stand By Me
        Written by Ben E. King, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller

        Performed by Kadhja Bonet

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      • Release date
        • September 21, 2020 (France)
      • Country of origin
        • United States
      • Official site
        • Netflix Site
      • Language
        • English
      • Also known as
        • A Love Song for Latasha
      • Filming locations
        • Los Angeles, California, USA
      • Production company
        • Netflix
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        • 19m
      • Color
        • Color
      • Sound mix
        • Dolby Digital
      • Aspect ratio
        • 1.78 : 1

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