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A lost treasure of 1990s DIY filmmaking, Cauleen Smith\u2019s Drylongso<\/em> embeds an incisive look at racial injustice within a lovingly handmade buddy movie\/murder mystery\/ romance. Alarmed by the rate at which the young Black men around her are dying\u2014indeed, \u201cbecoming extinct,\u201d as she sees it\u2014brash Oakland art student Pica attempts to preserve their existence in Polaroid snapshots, along the way forging a friendship with a woman in an abusive relationship, experiencing love and loss, and being drawn into the search for a serial killer who is terrorizing the city. Capturing the vibrant community spirit of Oakland in the nineties, Smith crafts both a rare cinematic celebration of Black female creativity and a moving elegy for a generation of lost African American men.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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