We’re very pleased to be building our expertise through our Jurors. They come from all sectors of the industry and it’s why we’re really happy to be working with Latoya Austin, who works in the important critique sector of filmmaking.
Latoya Austin is a London based Rotten Tomatoes approved film critic. She writes reviews and features primarily covering film, travel, lifestyle and wine.
Her words can be found in Golden Globes, Decanter, Jancisrobinson.com, Sundance Institute, The Three Drinkers, Movie Marker, International Cinephiles Society, Movies We Texted About and other publications.
(The film Rye Lane) is a South London edition of the classic walk, talk and fall in love premise adopted by films such as Before Sunrise but this is for us, by us and needs to be viewed by many to encourage more works by black, female filmmakers!
It’s a tough one – as we’re sure she has many, but we asked Latoya to tell us about her favourite films. She told us about three and here they are below.
Love Jones directed by Theodore Witcher.
This was a pivotal film for many of us, which was effortlessly cool and positively showcased the black bohemian lifestyle and underground spoken word scene infused with poetic, jazz music. This was the antithesis to some of the ’90s gangsta films and explored the realism of navigating mature love. The cast were beautiful, the cinematography was stylish and many early careers were launched. Love Jones avoided colourist tropes as well and was very pioneering. I’m convinced that Nina and Darius’ leather jackets and sunglasses inspired the style on The Matrix, Blade and other films – it was that cool!
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