Raya and the Last Dragon Review: A Truly Beautiful and Powerful Adventure
Disney's latest animated feature,
Raya and the Last Dragon is a groundbreaking film. Directed by Don Hall and Carlos Lopez Estrada and written by Qui Nguyen and Adele Lim, the film is the first from the studio to feature a Southeast Asian Disney princess and center its story in the culture of the region. Set in the fictional fantasy world of Kumandra, the action-packed film tells the tale of a broken world and its divided people shattered from not only their distrust of one another, but a terrible threat destroying life as they know it and a young woman, Raya, determined to find the legendary last dragon and, hopefully, restore the world. It's a story deeply steeped in the culture of the Southeast Asian region, but even with the rich and long overdue cultural representation,