BBCNEWS Bend It Like Beckham June 4, 2024 11:46:00
And i remember sitting there thinking, my gosh, this movie is for me. it's not a movie where i'm adjacent to the audience. this is intended for me. i had never experienced that before. phone rings. there's too much authenticity here. you can tell that the creators of this film were not outside of a community. yet its intended for you, but so many other people love it. they do, and i think that's one of the things that i didn't realise. but what i do love about this, and that's what's very special, are people from marginalised communities can see themselves in it, even if it's not their own cul...