Film Review – Where is Kyra?

“Where is Kyra?” is not a film for everyone. Of course, such a warning could be applied to every feature, but this endeavor is truly something that’s not meant for a casual viewing. It’s the new work from Andrew Dosunmu, director of “Mother of George,” who teams with screenwriter Darci Picoult to inspect the desperation of poverty, tracking one woman’s terrible luck as she’s forced to go to extremes to protect herself from being swallowed entirely by debt. “Where is Kyra?” is a fantastically grim picture, but it has to be with this subject matter, as easy answers aren’t available for such a test of survival. But Dosunmu doesn’t take it easy on the audience, bathing the effort in shadows, distances, and long takes, hoping to find art in misery, coming up with a movie that’s meant to be challenging, but teeters on the edge of becoming unendurable.  Read the rest at Blu-ray.com