Boa Menina

...a striking introduction to Donaldson’s unflinching eye.

...about the precarity of being in that prickly crawlspace leading to maturity, through which teens come to understand that age doesn’t necessarily beget that maturity.

It’s a star-making turn: not just a good one, a great one.

India Donaldson skillfully makes her insightful, clever hike through the woods look like a walk in the park.

...is extraordinary in so many ways, but its most distinctive quality is how much Donaldson and her trio of actors trust the subterranean, and allow it to do its work far beneath the surface, between the words.

...it’s a near-perfect film. It should be regarded as among the finest examples of independent cinema.