This article appeared in the March 14, 2025 edition of The Film Comment Letter, our free weekly newsletter featuring original film criticism and writing. Last year, True/False was one of the most high-profile festivals to issue a statement in support of Palestinian liberation. Small gestures like these might seem merely symbolic, but it’s worth noting how very real the stakes are inside the state where True/False takes place. Like Kouté vwa, the film is a tenderhearted coming-of-age story that slowly unspools its broader themes through a close-to-the-ground examination of family, place, and solidarity. The next day, I ate the best burger in the world at Booches Billiard Hall in Columbia, Missouri.