Black Mother

2018 | 77 minutes | 6.6 ★ (15)

Black Mother
  • Overview

    Part film, part baptism, in BLACK MOTHER director Khalik Allah brings us on a spiritual journey through Jamaica. Soaking up its bustling metropolises and tranquil countryside, Allah introduces us to a succession of vividly rendered souls who call this island home. Their candid testimonies create a polyphonic symphony, set against a visual prayer of indelible portraiture. Thoroughly immersed between the sacred and profane, BLACK MOTHER channels rebellion and reverence into a deeply personal ode informed by Jamaica’s turbulent history but existing in the urgent present.

  • Release Date

    02 November 2018

  • DirectingKhalik Allah
  • Budget

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  • Revenue

    $0.00

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