ShoPaapaa, a film about COVID lockdowns, is long and excruciatingly dull – but weren't lockdowns, too?

  • Written by: Ari Mattes, Lecturer in Communications and Media, University of Notre Dame Australia
ShoPaapaa, a film about COVID lockdowns, is long and excruciatingly dull – but weren't lockdowns, too?Sydney Film Festival

Review: ShoPaapaa, written and directed by Molly Reynolds and Shekhar Bassi

The COVID-19 pandemic threw the world into disarray, forcing many to reinvent processes, reimagine what it means to live in modernity.

Artists, actors, filmmakers and musicians had to adapt to cancellations of exhibitions, productions and gigs, and had...

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