Amandla Stenberg

Based on the debut novel by Angie Thomas who wrote it in response to the murder of Oscar Grant, with heart the film explores police brutality, systemic racism ...

And a sixth-grader gave it 5 More than a decade on, it serves as a reminder of just how cute baby Amandla was. But if there's one good thing we can say about the film, it's that it's earnest. Set in 1944, Where Hands Touch follows a biracial girl Leyna as she begins a romance with Lutz, a member of the Hitler Youth and the son of an SS officer. Remember the film Bubble Boy, you know the one with Jake Gyllenhaal? The cast is good too. But for the most part, it just means I gorge on each and every one of their movies as they hit the theatres, listen to Stenberg's ASMR [feature](/tag/feature/) on loop, and slip them into whatever [best-dressed red carpet](https://www.russh.com/the-2021-met-gala-red-carpet/) we're covering. Although the love story feels a touch melodramatic, you can't deny that it's definitely moving. A bunch of rich kids are partying in one of their many mansions while waiting out a storm. Stenberg has taken part in their own fair share of YA adaptations, but The Hate U Give is by far the best. And what better time to rifle through their movie history than following the release of If Bodies Bodies Bodies was a song it would be Frank Ocean's "Super Rich Kids".