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.
Directed by Khalik Allah
funeral
jamaica
slice of life
old man
rastafarian
young woman
pregnant woman
portrait
jamaican
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Letterboxd
3.8 / 5
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Khalik Allah
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Director of Photography
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Khalik Allah
Sound Designer
Nat Jencks
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Popular Reviews
6 reviews
Nika
8.2★ · 08/30/23
Beautifully expressive and poetic — a paragon for ethnographic cinema
Beautifully expressive and poetic — a paragon for ethnographic cinema
hobb shaw
7.9★ · 10/29/20
No doubt khalik allah best movie.
No doubt khalik allah best movie.
Ale
8.0★ · 07/02/20
i love Allah's loose and non-linear structure. it brings out each element of film (visual and audio) and has them dance with each other in a way that works beautifully. the way he lingers on faces also adds so much to the humanity of the film.
i love Allah's loose and non-linear structure. it brings out each element of film (visual and audio) and has them dance with each other in a way that works beautifully. the way he lingers on faces also adds so much to the humanity of the film.
