The constant flood of Netflix original films and TV series gives audiences (and filmmakers) a few mixed feelings. First, the good news is that there’s just a ton of content for people to discover. However, that content (no matter how star-studded or high-profile) can get lost in the mix as more and more stuff just piles on top of it. That being said, there’s one pretty great side-effect of this new business model that is a rare thing in 2019 – surprises. And one of those surprises might just be “See You Yesterday.”
Sometimes Netflix releases a trailer that doesn’t have the crazy buzz built up about it that a new season of a TV show has, or a film like “Triple Frontier” or “Bird Box” might have. Instead, the trailer drops, no one is expecting it, the footage is impressive, and suddenly you only have to wait a few weeks before you get to watch it. It’s a beautiful thing.
“See You Yesterday” follows a couple of Black youths that are fascinated by the concept of time travel. And after a tragedy hits one of their families, tied to many of the headlines that seem to pop up in the real world more frequently than ever, the kids decide that they can use this time travel technology they’ve been developing to go back and prevent the situation, to begin with. Of course, as with any good time travel film, things don’t go as planned, with unintended consequences.
The film stars Eden Duncan-Smith, Danté Crichlow, Marsha Stephanie Blake, Brian “Stro” Bradley, Johnathan Nieves, Wavyy Jonez, Myra Lucretia Taylor, and Ron Bobb Semple. Perhaps, the biggest selling point of the film right now is the fact that Spike Lee is producing “See You Yesterday,” which will hopefully give the project a bit more hype.
“See You Yesterday” hits Netflix on May 17.
Here’s the synopsis:
High school best friends and science prodigies C.J. and Sebastian spend every spare minute working on their latest homemade invention: backpacks that enable time travel. But when C.J.’s older brother Calvin dies after an encounter with police officers, the young duo decide to put their unfinished tech to use in a desperate bid to save Calvin. From director Stefon Bristol and producer Spike Lee comes See You Yesterday, a sci-fi adventure grounded in familial love, cultural divides and the universal urge to change the wrongs of the past.
