BLACK MOTHER
Documentary Feature | 77 minutes

HIFF 2018

 Views from Long Island

Directed by
Khalik Allah

Produced by
Khalik Allah, Leah Giblin

2018 | English/Patois | USA

Filmmaker, photographer, and Long Island resident Khalik Allah’s second feature is, much like his debut film FIELD N*****, a mesmerizing documentary portrait. Allah casts his lens on two dissonant worlds on the island of Jamaica, showcasing the sacred and profane alike. Switching among multiple formats, from the raw texture of super 8mm film, to videotape, to HD video, Allah skillfully creates another intimate and daring portrait of kaleidoscopic beauty, revealing Jamaica—the birthplace of his mother—as a blessed place, dreamlike, full of rhythm and seduction.