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My Jamaican parents immigrated to the UK during the Windrush generation. My father was offered a job in the United States, so thy relocated to America. I was brought up in the U. S., and I am grateful for the opportunity that it has given my family. However, it was nice to see a realistic portrayal of a West Indian family living in England. The only time Jamaicans are portrayed in movies or shows, they are dreadlocked pseudo-rastafarian drug dealers, or brain-dead weed heads, who only know two words in English. "Yeah Mon!" FYI -English is the official language of Jamaica, and Jamaican patois is not a language. Queenie is a great film and a treat for West Indians.

The documentary's director Fleit uses the documentary to focus on herself, and her struggle to fit in during her schooling due to her alopecia, a condition that renders her bald. She makes several appearances throughout the documentary, connecting her own experience growing up with alopecia, with the girls' search for friendship, sisterhood, and acceptance at their university. The documentary falters when it tries too hard to integrate the director's personal story with alopecia with the lives of the young women who are either planning to rush or have already gone through the process. I was disappointed.

If you are over 40 you will probably not like this movie, because Baz Lehrman's directing style appeals to generation z. The movie did not cover everything, but it did thoroughly address Elvis's musical influences. For some reason certain people cannot stand when Black Americans are credited for their creativity. This has to do with many believing that only one group has had a contribution to American society. The next 50 years is going to be very hard for those who get defensive upon learning that Black Americans had a bigger place in history. Seethe.

However, I could have done without the rap music.