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Thursday, February 21, 2019

Let’s stop praising ‘Roma’ as an indigenous woman’s story

A woman and a man stand at a rooftop and look to the right as the man points.
Somonte/Courtesy

“Roma” is surely a representation of someone’s story; it’s simply not Cleo’s or Libo’s. It’s Cuarón’s. And that is OK. The film should be recognized for telling his largely autobiographical story in a beautiful way.
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