Farewell Amor (Criterion Collection) (DVD)

Brooklyn cabbie and Angolan émigré Walter (Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine) had to brace himself for a reunion after 17 years when his wife Esther (Zainab Jah) and daughter Sylvia (Jayme Lawson) landed at the airport. The fitful assimilation back into one another's lives may be leavened as Sylvia revolts upon her strictures of her mother's acquired religious zeal and strives to express herself through dance, in writer-director Ekwa Msangi's assured feature bow; Joie Lee, Nana Mensah co-star. 95 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital 5.1; Subtitles: English (SDH); audio commentary; bonus shorts "Suspense" (2011), "The Market King" (2014), "Farewell Meu Amor" (2016); featurettes; deleted scenes; theatrical trailer.