Difference between revisions of "See You Yesterday (2019)"

From blackwiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search
(Created page with "'''''See You Yesterday''''' is a 2019 American science fiction film directed by Stefon Bristol with a screenplay by Bristol and Fredrica Bailey based on Bristol's 2017 short f...")
 
Line 1: Line 1:
'''''See You Yesterday''''' is a 2019 American science fiction film directed by Stefon Bristol with a screenplay by Bristol and Fredrica Bailey based on Bristol's 2017 short film of the same name. It stars Eden Duncan-Smith, Dante Crichlow and Astro. It was released on May 17, 2019, by Netflix. The film received positive reviews and was nominated for two awards at the 35th Independent Spirit Awards, with Bristol and Bailey winning Best First Screenplay. This film marks the final film appearance of Michael J. Fox before his retirement from acting in 2020.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/See_You_Yesterday</ref>
+
'''''See You Yesterday''''' (2019) is an American science fiction movies directed by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefon_Bristol Stefon Bristol]. It was released on May 17, 2019, by Netflix. This film marks the final film appearance of Michael J. Fox before his retirement from acting in 2020.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/See_You_Yesterday</ref>
 
[[File:Poster for See You Yesterday (2019).png|thumb|Poster for See You Yesterday (2019)]]
 
[[File:Poster for See You Yesterday (2019).png|thumb|Poster for See You Yesterday (2019)]]
 
<br />
 
<br />
Line 13: Line 13:
 
<br />
 
<br />
 
==Reference==
 
==Reference==
 +
[[Category:Black Racism in Science Fiction Movies]]

Revision as of 05:16, 31 December 2020

See You Yesterday (2019) is an American science fiction movies directed by Stefon Bristol. It was released on May 17, 2019, by Netflix. This film marks the final film appearance of Michael J. Fox before his retirement from acting in 2020.[1]

Poster for See You Yesterday (2019)


Plot

After her brother is killed in a miscarriage of justice, aspiring inventor Claudette 'CJ' Walker uses her scientific mind to create two time machines, one for her, and the other for her friend Sebastian. As they use the machines to try and alter the day CJ's brother died, they come to learn the ultimatum of time travel: All Actions Have Consequences.[2]

Controversy

The movie is about black people having a rough time with the police in Brooklyn (NY) while bullying each other. To stop the white policemen from killing young black American, the "most brilliant" girl in school travels back in time to make changes. The director clearly wanted to make a movie about how badly black people are treated by the police in America, which is a subject too serious to be put in the hands of two kids who only travel back in time to throw slush at their ex boyfriends. [2]

See You Yesterday also draws on years of tension between black New Yorkers and the New York Police Department, and it places Calvin’s death in the context of Black Lives Matter protests. There are many time-travel movies question whether people can change history. In this movie, the idea becomes a broad metaphor for the rigged systems of social injustice.[3]

The movie has also a 'political' messages, like cops are evil and kill black people for sport. Even though this movie shows plenty of black-on-black crime, it's still made out to be solely because of racism. For these black travellers, there are only yesterdays to contend with; tomorrow is just out of reach.[4]

Reference