Consolidated Kahala
Pupule rating: 3.6 (out of 4)
Original. Offbeat. Committed. There are a lot of elements to like about Last Black Man in SF. I made sure to see this before Yesterday, which will probably hang around longer. LBMSF is quirky and doesn’t mind if anyone doesn’t keep up or loses patience.
It has its own pulse, and by the end, there is no confusion about what drives the heart of Jim, a man without a home.
San Francisco and Honolulu are among the most expensive cities in the US, but the statistics are completely ignored. Whether it’s a toxic bay or the ethnic divisions of the city’s languishing neighborhoods, this is about Jim’s dream, to restore and ultimately permanently occupy what had been his family’s home.
Sleeping on the floor of his best friend’s house just doesn’t cut it anymore. Eventually, even with a job as a caretaker for elderly folks, he balks against a system that makes home ownership practically impossible — sound familiar?
This is a treatise on what home means to us, not the lack of a financial game plan in Jim’s life. That house with the “witch hat” and overgrown garden matters to him, not a much more affordable structure in another region. He has to decide, ultimately, if he can survive without his roots.
It is a statement about class warfare, not just skin color or cultural differences. He who has the gold...
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