there's less specificity here, dulling what could have been a fresh take on the tropes of the genre. Asante usually excels at sharing stories audiences haven't seen before, so it's unfortunate that this one feels so dully familiar
beautifully made and moving; an eloquent, sweeping film...Where Hands Touch is just as elegantly made, but it tackles an even broader swath of history, and despite a tilt toward melodrama is even more wrenching in its emotional impact
Amandla Stenberg carries the magnetism she brought to her breakthrough role in the YA romance "Everything, Everything," but she's betrayed by a stilted rendering of a rarely illuminated piece of history
"Where Hands Touch," has already attracted some controversy, sight unseen, proves that interracial romance can still be seen as politically inconvenient, complicating narratives