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‘The Last Tree’ Review: Struggles of a New Life. Shola Amoo’s film is a visually compelling coming-of-age narrative that explores the definition of family. Share full article.
The Last Tree Reviews. A moving and powerful film, filled with quiet rage. Full Review | Oct 13, 2020. Coming-of-age drama explores identity; violence, language. Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 ...
Jan 25, 2019 · Sundance Film Review: ‘The Last Tree’. Shola Amoo's second feature is an imperfect but stirring study of a black teenager carving out his own identity in modern Britain. The word “Brexit ...
- Guy Lodge
The cinematography in The Last Tree is beautiful. The visual contrast of the English countryside with inner-city London, and later, the bustling streets of Nigeria, permeates from the screen. Despite only being his second feature-length film, writer and director, Shola Amoo conducts proceedings with a natural confidence, inter-cutting moments ...
- Shola Amoo
- Danny Brogan
- Artmattan Productions
Feb 11, 2019 · ‘The Last Tree’: Film Review | Sundance 2019. Shola Amoo's second feature, 'The Last Tree,' follows the son of a Nigerian immigrant who must return to her after an idyllic life with a foster ...
Jun 24, 2020 · Femi (Samuel Adewunmi) is a troubled teen in “The Last Tree.” Photo: ArtMattan Productions. Nigerian immigrant Femi might be the only Black kid in his rural Lincolnshire county neighborhood, but he’s living an idyllic, Huck Finn-like childhood with a loving foster mom.