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Medicine for Melancholy : Jo Peeks at Micah's Laptop While He Showers

After Micah (Wyatt Cenac) brings her a drink, Jo (Tracey Heggins) pushes him to shower before climbing into bed. While he showers in the next room, she opens his laptop and peruses his social media history before going back to bed herself.

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backlighting, beat, action, beat, emotion, beat, event, beat, general, close-up, contrast, deep focus, depth of field, diegetic sound, extreme long shot, flashforward, following shot, handheld camera, high angle, interior, lighting, location, long shot, long take, low angle, low-key lighting, medium close-up, medium shot, mirror shot, one-shot, over the shoulder shot, real time, reverse angle, shallow focus, sound effects, tilt, two-shot

Diversity in Media Representation

Black, Black: African-American, LGBTQ: Cisgender Female, LGBTQ: Cisgender Male, LGBTQ: Heterosexual Man, LGBTQ: Heterosexual Woman

"Jo Peeks at Micah's Laptop While He Showers" in Medicine for Melancholy. Directed by Barry Jenkins, Bandry, 2008, Kinolab, https://kinolab.org/FilmClip.php?id=2978

This clip was uploaded by Kinolab.org user George Elkind

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