Ember (Aleigha Burt), a black sociology sturent, is suffering from a nasty break up, so when her roommateTessa (Jasmine Gia Nguyen) invites her on a trip to the country with her friends Abigail (Tabby Getsy) and Lexi (Jessie Roddy), she happily agrees. Their destination is a mansion that has been owned by rich white girl Abigail's family for generation, and the moment she enters the premises Ember has a bad feeling about the place, something that has to do with a recurring nightmare about a black woman, Tilly (Trisha Arozqeta) suffering abuse from white men.Thing is, the nightmares are much more vivid here, and she also starts seeing Tilly when she's awake, wo the point where she tries to persuade the other girls to leave - but they have set their minds on some partying and consider Ember a mere spoilsport. Only a local hanriman, Earl (Tyler Bibb) shows sympathetic to her cause. And since he knows a little bit about the (black) history of the area, including illegal land grabs by rich white landowners, he helps her to uncover how Ember's dreams are related to the very plot of land they're on - and what they dig up isn't exactly pretty ...

Noseeums is a very ambitious film that manages to blend horror tropes and social commentary in a very compelling way, thanks to a clever script of course and also a genre savvy directorial effort that adds just the right flesh to the films socio-political bones. And a very competent small ensemble cast carries the film very nicely, making this cool and thoughtful genre entertainment.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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