By Ephraim Asili
Pennsylvania-born filmmaker Ephraim Asili has been exploring different facets of the African diaspora¡ªand his own place within it¡ªfor nearly a decade. His feature-length debut, The Inheritance, is a vibrant, engaging ensemble work that takes place almost entirely within the walls of a West Philadelphia house where a community of young people have come together to form a collective of Black artists and activists.
Based partly on Asili's own experiences in a Black liberationist group, the film interweaves a scripted drama of characters attempting to work towards political consensus with a documentary recollection of the Philadelphia liberation group MOVE, which was the victim of a notorious police bombing in 1985.
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