Netflix’s latest coming-of-age drama, “Frybread Face and Me,” emerges as a poignant character study, delving into the depths of familial bonds, self-discovery, and the essence of friendship.
Netflix coming-of-age drama Frybread Face and Me is a bittersweet character study that follows two cousins, meeting at their grandmother’s Arizona reservation where they are going to spend the Summer.
Billy Luther could have easily used his 15 years of documentary film making to make an informative piece about frybread, but instead he decided to make a feature film with a girl nicknamed Frybread Face.
“Frybread Face and Me” is a coming-of-age story set in 1990. An adolescent Navajo boy growing up in San Diego spends a summer with his grandmother on the Navajo Nation.
The coming-of-age drama follows a San Diego child sent to visit his Navajo grandmother on the Arizona reservation for the summer, forging a meaningful connection with his cousin during the stay.
We really can’t speak highly enough of Native American writer-director Billy Luther’s subtly compelling, richly amusing and hugely entertaining coming-of-age comedy-drama, which has already found a large and appreciative audience on Netflix.