‘Kites’ Review: Set in the Streets of Rio de Janeiro, Tribeca Discovery Offers a Sweet Leap Into Fantasy

Recipient of a special jury mention in the Tribeca Festival’s tricky-to-define Viewpoints category, Walter Thompson-Hernandez’s debut “Kites” gently asks the audience to meet the project on its own terms. At the outset, an intertitle announces that “Kites” is based on a true story, and the first images are newsreel footage of the murder of a […]

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