By Ernest Kearney — The power of story is in its journey, it matters little whether that journey is Odysseus’s, Luke Skywalker’s or Billie Dawn’s. And a journey is at its core and essence, defined in its destination, its goal or its consequence whether those be home, the destruction of the Death Star or standing up to Eddie Brock.
Marla Black, in a weird and wonderful way, manages to amalgamate all three of those in her superbly entertaining and jaw dropping unpredictable Raised By Wolves.
Ms. Black’s tale is full of humor and hope, and spiced with the startling, unexpected intrusion of the most primal horror. Raised By Wolves combines a fusion of elements both ancient and modern that individually strike one as relentlessly remote: the threat of Cronus, the pack’s ferocity, the fads of modernity and the dazzle of Hollywood, but Ms. Black fuses these distinct elements seamlessly.
The greatest surprise of Ms. Black’s story is twofold.
The first is that a tale that should have the audience recoiling in horror instead invites them to celebrate the human spirit’s ability to survive whenever we are able to express the faintest spark of that love within us.
The second is Ms. Black herself. Sadly, many could relate the dark journeys of their lives, but few could illuminate that path for others with the warmth, humor and spirit (hmmmmm, there’s that word again) as Ms. Black. She has earned her Hollywood ending.
Major kudos to Director John Flynn and Producer Elizabeth Alan for crafting their sleek, smart staging, and 
producing one of the top shows of HFF2019.
A PLATINUM MEDAL
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