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    Review: 'Ali & Ava' is a winning, beautifully acted interracial love story

    In "Ali & Ava," a lovely surprise from English filmmaker Clio Barnard, music is more than just a soundtrack; it's the characters' very lifeblood. When we first meet Ali (Adeel Akhtar), a part-time DJ in the northern English city of Bradford, he's cutting loose on top of his station wagon, dancing to a pounding Afrofuturist beat. Later that day, Ava (Claire Rushbrook) will take a bus across ...
    by Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times Aug 05, 2022 3 minutes
    Adeel Akhtar and Claire Rushbrook on the red carpet for the 65th BFI London Film Festival: "Ali& Ava"- The Mayor Of London's Special Presentation at Royal Festival Hall in South Bank, London, Oct. 13, 2021.

    In "Ali & Ava," a lovely surprise from English filmmaker Clio Barnard, music is more than just a soundtrack; it's the characters' very lifeblood.

    When we first meet Ali (Adeel Akhtar), a part-time DJ in the northern English city of Bradford, he's cutting loose on top of his station wagon, dancing to a pounding Afrofuturist beat. Later that day, Ava (Claire Rushbrook) will take a bus across town and hear a Sammi Smith song that perfectly sums up her loneliness. Over the course of the movie

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