Whiteness as a Nightmare: a coming-of-age body-horror on belonging
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Australian-born writer-director Amy Wang's Slanted uses a cosmetic-clinic twist to turn people of color white, turning the dream of an all-American ideal into a nightmare that probes immigrant families, identity, and the pressure to belong; a satirical yet visceral body-horror coming-of-age story that won the 2025 SXSW narrative feature grand jury prize.
- ‘Wouldn’t life be easier if I were white?’: inside a provocative race-swap body horror The Guardian
- ‘Slanted’ Review: Narratively Botched The New York Times
- Slanted movie review & film summary review: Roger Ebert
- Q&A: What does it take to fit in America today? Washington Square News
- Slanted Cast on Identity, Belonging and Growing Up Feeling Like an Outsider Nerd Reactor
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