IS GOD IS Review: Playwright-Turned-Filmmaker Aleshea Harris' Remarkably Assured Debut Dazzles, Shocks, Impresses

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It’s difficult, if not impossible, to imagine a bolder, more fearless feature-length debut this year than playwright-turned-filmmaker Aleshea Harris’ uncategorizable feature-length debut, Is God Is.   Part righteous rampage of revenge (down, as always, with the patriarchy in all its forms), part road movie, part grindhouse allegory, Is God Is qualifies as a singular achievement in filmmaking. It’s one of one, and so, apparently, is Harris herself. Sometimes — and this is one of those times — hyperbolic superlatives are fully merited.    After receiving her BA from the University of Southern Mississippi and her MFA from the California Institute of the Arts, Harris focused her artistic talents on playwrighting. Is God Is premiered at NYC's famed Soho Repertory Theatre in February 2018, winning three...

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