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The Inspection is a 2022 American drama film written and directed by Elegance Bratton. Inspired by Bratton's real-life experiences, the film follows a young gay black man who defiantly endures brutal training at a Marine Corps boot camp, seeking approval from his homophobic mother.
Dec 2, 2022 · The Inspection: Directed by Elegance Bratton. With Jeremy Pope, Gabrielle Union, Bokeem Woodbine, Raúl Castillo. A young, gay Black man, rejected by his mother and with few options for his future, decides to join the Marines, doing whatever it takes to succeed in a system that would cast him aside.
Nov 18, 2022 · A gay Black man enlists in the Marines in the aftermath of 9/11 and navigates a minefield of prejudices, and his own demons.
Dec 12, 2022 · The Inspection provides viewers with a harrowing story about a man battling his family and a governmental system just to be heard and accepted. Having been rejected by his mother for his sexuality, Ellis French (Jeremy Pope) seeks to build a life for himself in the US Marines.
Nov 17, 2022 · The filmmaker was homeless for nearly a decade until he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps — an unexpected choice, given that the military accepted gay and...
In Elegance Bratton's deeply moving film inspired by his own story, a young, gay Black man, rejected by his mother and with few options for his future, decides to join the Marines, doing whatever...
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Nov 17, 2022 · “The Inspection” filters the brutal claustrophobia of Stanley Kubrick’s boot camp horror show through the piercing subjectivity of Barry Jenkins’s coming-of-age tone poem.
