BLACK LENS: BLACK MOTHER (Cert 15)

7pm, Thursday 1st June 2023

Join us for our first Black Lens film night in June; part of our Windrush 75 celebrations.

Our monthly Black Lens film night will be a special screening of Black Mother; one of two films we are screening in June as part of our special Windrush 75 celebrations.

Black Mother is an arresting audio-visual love letter to Jamaica.
Director Khalik Allah takes us on a spiritual journey through the bustling metropolises and tranquil countryside, introducing us to a succession of vividly rendered souls who call this island home.

Their frank testimonies create a multi-voiced symphony, set against a visual poem of unforgettable portraiture. Thoroughly immersed between the sacred and profane, Black Mother channels rebellion and reverence into a deeply personal proclamation informed by Jamaica’s turbulent history, but existing in the urgent present.

“I shot my last film in the streets. I shot this one on a river. Everything in the film is connected through water; from the fruit to the land to the people – with a specific emphasis on the woman who carries life for nine months.”

“I want Black Mother to hit you in the chest more than the head. It’s a magnifier and mirror of modern day Jamaica reflecting its complicated history through the lens of family and spirituality.”
Director, Khalik Allah

BLACK MOTHER trailer (viewer discretion advised – suitable for 15+ years old only)

Following the screening, we invite you to stay a while to explore and engage in an open and candid conversation, curated by our film programmer, Ephraim Webber.