The read
Critics rate it 16 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 17m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
Rotten Tomatoes97%
Metacritic86/100
Critics rate it 16 points higher than audiences do.
16 audience votes
Key crew
- Khalik AllahDirector
Stills
Themes
funeraljamaicaslice of lifeold manrastafarianyoung womanpregnant womanportraitjamaican