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‘Dreams in Nightmares’ Review: A Subversive Take on the Road Movie
In their sophmore film 'Dreams in Nightmares,' Shatara Michelle Ford makes a giant leap forward with a powerfully political yet humanist narrative.
A university professor and a business consultant who have recently been laid off from their respective jobs, Z (Denée Benton) and Tasha (Sasha Compère) are spending time together to cope with the unemployment blues. They join their friend Lauren (Dezi Bing), a poet who works odd jobs to make ends meet, on a trip to search for their missing pal Kel (Mars Storm Rucker). As the pragmatic Tasha, Compère plays comedy and utter desperation with equal aplomb, while on the opposite end of the spectrum, Rucker brings a bright personality and frame-filling warmth to Kel — the flighty dreamer of the quartet, so beguiling that the other three cannot help but be in their orbit.
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