The disappearance of a fearless female Palestinian-Australian slam poet triggers suspense and powerful social and political commentary in “Slam,” an outstanding slow-burn thriller by expat Indian f…
as a troubled cop, this gripping tale offers intelligent observations of race, gender, religion, xenophobia and the roles played by police and media in the names of national security and the war on terror. Opening Down Under on Oct. 17 after generating plenty of buzz at Sydney and Melbourne film festivals earlier this year, “Slam” has valuable things to say about the times in which we live and deserves to be seen on a much wider stage.
That’s almost it for Horvat’s role in the film. Following an enthusiastic response to her performance at a local community center, Ameena nervously smokes a cigarette outside while a car appears to be following her. From here, Ameena is barely sighted again, leaving viewers to learn about her from family and friends.
Amid news reports of a captured Australian pilot facing execution in Syria, and flashbacks to harrowing events in Tariq’s past, he files a missing persons report with Jo Hendricks , a police officer returning to duty after a tragedy connected to conflict in the Middle East and the breakdown of her marriage to emotionally destroyed husband Shane .
Providing a powerful counter-balance to the escalating nightmare around Tariq is Jo’s determination to put media hysteria and pressures from male bosses aside and treat Ameena as a missing person rather than a potential terrorist. Blake excels as the investigator whose initial skepticism and prejudices are challenged and changed by talking to Rana and Ameena’s best friend, Hanan , about their lives and what Ameena was striving to achieve through her angry poetry.
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