It follows Bahlul, a queer Moroccan-American model that everyone wants to meet.

Terry is not Moroccan but American and white, and they are family by marriage.

Jumbled voice-overs plagueStressPositions, toggling awkwardly between characters are these Bahluls thoughts or Karlas?

Stress Position movie

John Early in ‘Stress Position’Neon

With no identifiers, detangling the narration requires too much energy.

Simultaneous voice-overs also compete with pivotal scenes, further scrambling which moments demand focus.

The filmtries to convey an empowering message about speaking truth amid lifes noise.

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It makes me wonder if this is what Brooklyn has turned into?

Independent filmmaking poses immense challenges.

Title:Stress PositionsFestival (Section):Sundance(U.S.