Black Mother

A Spiritual Exploration of Jamaica

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.

Nominated for the New Vision Award at CPH DOCX Festival. Nominated for the Art Doc Award at the Sheffield Independent Documentary Festival.

"Critic's Pick! Black Mother announces itself as an evocation, invocation and chronicle of birth and life."-- Glenn Kenny, The New York Times