Blue Hours

"Set in early 1990s Manhattan and in eastern Afghanistan circa 2012, "Blue Hours" deftly explores identity, self-determination, and the consequences of neocolonialism. When we first meet Mim, a recent college graduate in NYC, she has disavowed her working-class roots, befriending Kyra, a dancer and daughter of privilege, until calamity causes their estrangement. Twenty years later, Kyra has gone m...