Inthesummerof’76,asPresidentJimmyCarterpledgestogivegovernmentbacktothepeople,tensionsrunhighinaworking-classPhiladelphianeighborhoodwheretheBlackPanthersonceflourished.WhenMarcusreturns—havingboltedyearsearlier—hishomecomingisn’texactlymetwithfanfare.Hisformermovementbrothersblamehimforanunspeakablebetrayal.Onlyhisbestfriend’swidow,Patricia,appreciatesMarcus’spredicament,whichbothunitesandparalyzesthem.AsPatricia’sdaughtercompelsthetwocomradestoconfronttheirpast,historyrepeatsitselfindangerousways.NightCatchesUsmasterfullyreckonswiththecomplexityofitscharacters’revolutionaryideologiesandinternaldesires.Bell-bottoms,Afros,potlucks,andCaddiessetthesceneasthefilmpotentlyinterweavespoliticalmediawithanevocativesoul-inspiredscore,summoningavividsenseofplaceandtime.Thegoldenlightthatbathescharacters’facesseemstoexpressthepromise—andelusiveness—ofthenecessarychangeMarcusandPatriciastruggleforsodearly—eachbyseparatemeans.

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