The Film
Black Mother
Khalik Allah | USA | 77 min.
Part film, part baptism, in Black Mother director Khalik Allah brings us on a spiritual odyssey 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.
Black Mother was the recipient of the 2015 Rooftop Films and Technological Cinevideo Services Camera Grant.
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.
Black Mother was the recipient of the 2015 Rooftop Films and Technological Cinevideo Services Camera Grant.
Event Details
7:00 PM
Live Music from CASYM Steel Orchestra, Radamiz, and Chris Wattz
8:15 PM
Films Begin
9:45 PM
Q&A with filmmaker Khalik Allah
This is a free event. In the case of rain, show will be rescheduled. No outside alcohol is permitted.
Venue
Socrates Sculpture Park
32-01 Vernon Blvd., Long Island City, NY 11106
