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  • 2017
  • Grasshopper Film
  • 1 h 31 m
  • 2017
  • Grasshopper Film
  • 1 h 31 m

Summary From director Andrew Rossi comes a portrait of writer and performer Okwui Okpokwasili and her acclaimed one-woman show, Bronx Gothic. Rooted in memories of her childhood, Okwui – who’s worked with conceptual artists like Ralph Lemon and Julie Taymor – fuses dance, song, drama and comedy to create a mesmerizing space in which audiences ca...

Directed By: Andrew Rossi

Written By: Okwui Okpokwasili, Kate Novack, Chad Beck

  • 2017
  • Grasshopper Film
  • 1 h 31 m
  • 2017
  • Grasshopper Film
  • 1 h 31 m

Bronx Gothic

Metascore Generally Favorable
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Summary From director Andrew Rossi comes a portrait of writer and performer Okwui Okpokwasili and her acclaimed one-woman show, Bronx Gothic. Rooted in memories of her childhood, Okwui – who’s worked with conceptual artists like Ralph Lemon and Julie Taymor – fuses dance, song, drama and comedy to create a mesmerizing space in which audiences ca...

Directed By: Andrew Rossi

Written By: Okwui Okpokwasili, Kate Novack, Chad Beck

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Generally Favorable Based on 4 Critic Reviews
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88
Jul 12, 2017
No filmed footage could replicate the experience of watching “Bronx Gothic” live, but documentarian Andrew Rossi does an admirable job of channeling its power in his movie of the same name.
By Matt Fagerholm FULL REVIEW
75
Jul 13, 2017
Bronx Gothic is not a filmed performance or a pat dissection of what, exactly, the piece comprises, but a hybrid of the best impulses of those two approaches.
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63
Jul 10, 2017
By design, the film is intensely preachy. And this preachiness serves a therapeutic purpose, offering jolting possibilities for empathy.
By Chuck Bowen FULL REVIEW
60
Jul 12, 2017
Given the aesthetically confrontational nature of the piece, one can understand why Mr. Rossi did not attempt an undiluted cinematic translation of the complete Bronx Gothic. But something about his approach (which I assume was approved by Ms. Okpokwasili, as she is one of the movie’s executive producers) feels, finally, like an evasion.
By Glenn Kenny FULL REVIEW

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Release Date Jul 12, 2017
Duration 1 h 31 m
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Website http://grasshopperfilm.com/film/bronx-gothic/
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