This movie was very hard for me to follow, mostly because a lot of the dialogue was very difficult for me to hear. There were remarkable moments, such as when the protagonist goes to prison to visit a childhood friend of his and recalls some of the best moments they spent together as children, while imagining - I think - other moments that did not actually take place but that could have. But, for me, too often it was hard to hear what the characters were saying, or to figure out what I was seeing.

Is this a fault of the director? Or of mine? I can't say.

Definitely give this movie a try. You may get more out of it than I did. But I wish the director would rethink some of his decisions on sound and transitions.

Perhaps the best exploration on film of Mind, Consciousness, Memory, and Suffering that I've seen. It's firmly enough tied to contemporary social issues so as not to float away into philosophical abstraction, indeed, firmly enough tied to bring an attentive viewer to tears. But the philosophical - almost Buddhist - implications are there also. Well worth a second thoughtful viewing.

One of the best films on blacks in USA by a black director--his debut. Good visuals. Restrained and very magnetic acting by non-professionals. The film is about the gradual "gentrification" of Q street in Washington DC, not very far from the White House. (I have been a frequent visitor to the J and K street areas of the same city where the black population is in minority.) Q street was considered a black majority area. Land developers try to evict the black population so that the land/properties can be inhabited by white folks. The film rarely shows the whites, but when it shows their actions it is searing for the viewer. The whites take out their pet dogs for a walk and allow their pets to defecate on lawns of homes owned by blacks and do not clean it up even when confronted in instead yell profanities at the blacks. The final words are from a white couple who feel safe now that the black community is a lot less. The "Residue" are the blacks who refuse to move out of Q street. An important film of 2020.