Black Mother
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Part film, part baptism, in Black Mother director Khalik Allah brings us on a spiritual exploration 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. Immersed into the sacred, the profane, and everything in-between, Black Mother channels rebellion and reverence into a deeply personal ode informed by Jamaica's turbulent history but existing in the urgent present.
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Metacritic
Apr 10, 2019
Like the culturally complex and often overwhelming island nation itself, Black Mother is a haunting and singular experience unlike any other.
Marc Savlov
Austin Chronicle
Mar 6, 2019
What distinguishes the film is Allah’s superb eye and talent for portraiture.
Lawrence Garcia
The A.V. Club
Apr 4, 2018
Allah has loaded Black Mother with so many remarkable faces and observations that viewers can hover in its details with ghostly ubiquity, and he only breaks the spell with the recurring image of a nude woman holding a coconut to ground us in some kind of structural trajectory.
Eric Kohn
IndieWire
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