(ThyBlackMan.com) (****) If you’ve ever wondered what an immigrant’s backstory might be, you ‘re not alone. It’s a subject worth exploring. That’s why this sobering but illuminating parable by Italian writer/director Matteo Garrone (Gomorrah) is so compelling. He humanizes a journey thousands upon thousands of Sub-Sahara refugees make to the E.U. Doesn’t skip on the horrors, yet he lets his artistry color the narrative too. Like he’s showing the audience a storybook that charts a brutal passage, but with touches of magic. Garrone creates this fascinating concept aided by evocative colors, sets, props, clothes and photography as rendered by his
