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03/11/2023 Drama 1h 37m
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Time is a tender embrace.

Overview

Tender caresses and enveloping embraces are portals into the life of Mack, a Black woman in Mississippi. Winding through the anticipation, love, and heartbreak she experiences from childhood to adulthood, the expressionist journey is an ode to connection — with loved ones and with place.

  1. Raven Jackson

    Writer, Director

Top billed cast

  1. Kaylee Nicole Johnson

    Young Mack

  2. Chris Chalk

    Isaiah

  3. Jayah Henry

    Young Josie

  4. Sheila Atim

    Evelyn

  5. Bernadette Albright

    Girl with Umbrella

  6. Preston McDowell

    Young Wood

  7. Charleen McClure

    Mack

  8. Reginald Helms Jr.

    Wood

  9. Monique Norwood

    Ebony

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Reviews

A review by Brent Marchant
Written by Brent Marchant on 2024-01-21
When creating a film that’s best described as experimental, ambition goes a long way toward the fulfillment of that goal. However, it’s not enough to carry the project if it doesn’t have something meaningful or profound to say in the end product, and that, unfortunately, is what’s missing from the premiere effort from poet Raven Jackson in her writing/directing feature debut. This offering is perhaps best characterized as a visual tone poem examining the decades-long life of an African-American woman in rural Mississippi from childhood to becoming a grandmother. It’s light on narrati...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$41,000.00

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