Experiential cinema like Lost Soulz can only thrive when focused on interesting protagonists. For Katherine Propper, her protagonists – a group of Gen Z musical artists bumbling around Texas in a van – channel their unbridled youthful energy into Lost Soulz, marking themselves out as prime material for Propper to utilise for creating soulful vérité-style cinema about the ephemerality of trying to create art as a Gen Z person.
When Sol (Sauve Sidle) performs a rap track at a party, he is scouted by a group of musicians traveling through West Texas. The young Sol eagerly jumps at the opportunity to perform with them in El Paso, choosing to leave his best friend Wesley (Siyanda “Yung Bambi” Stillwell) behind. Sol had been staying with Wesley and his family, so disappearing with little conversation around it leads to a brief internal conflict for Sol, exacerbated by Wesley overdosing at the party. Sol, in his rainbow dreadlocks and cavalier excitement, joins the group but spends time debating over an Instagram message to Wesley explaining his departure.
This review was first posted on April 29th 2024. Full review linked below.
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