It took winning a Tony Award for his dual roles as the Marquis de Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson in the musical phenomenon Hamilton for Daveed Diggs to get his long-gestating dream project to the big screen. It was worth the wait. Blindspotting is timely, explosive, poetic, and provocative. In rapidly gentrifying Oakland, Collin (Diggs) is trying to survive his last three days of probation when the slightest infraction will send him back to jail. He is also trying to make things work with his ex-girlfriend and keep his job. However, his best friend Miles (Rafael Casal) is white, wild, and reckless. Collin should avoid Miles, but he doesn’t. While trying to get home before curfew late one night, he witnesses a rogue cop pursue and shoot a fleeing black man. This sets in motion a chain of events that spirals out of control.
Blindspotting screens this Saturday and Sunday (May 19-20) at the 44th annual Seattle International Film Festival, which happens through June 10. Showtimes for Blindspotting here; more recommended SIFF films here; and all SIFF films here.