Starr is the only witness, and once she goes to court to testify, her identity will be revealed, her life will be turned upside down, and she will be retaliated by the local drug gang. Starr's psychological struggle becomes the biggest dramatic tension in the plot.
Her whole family lives in a black poor neighborhood. At the age of 10, she has witnessed a nightmare of a friend who was innocently shot by a gangster. To protect her, her mother sent her to a white school far away from the community. She tried to integrate into mainstream society with two faces life system. But she is extremely lucky to have a white boyfriend who loves her and understands her, black parents and brothers who love their children, kind and friendly neighbors, the local police have their relatives, and even the drug boss has thousands of connections with their family. wisps of intimacy. Starr gradually understood the meaning and value of a friend, faced up to his origin, stood up bravely and spoke out, defended Khalil, and marched for the freedom and equality of blacks.
The heroine's halo is too strong, the difficult situation she is exposed to is not extreme enough, the difficulty of breaking through the barriers is underrepresented, and it is all due to the lack of strength caused by the inner monologue and sensational lines. The film simplifies the complex story of racism and focuses on depicting the spiritual growth of a black girl.
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