All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt

July 14, 2025 • 00:03:32
All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt
Flicks with The Film Snob
All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt

Jul 14 2025 | 00:03:32

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Show Notes

Raven Jackson’s debut feature shows the world of rural black Southern life through the eyes of a serious, sensitive girl. A black girl is being taught how to fish by her father. We see a close up of her hands turning the reel. “Not so fast,” he tells her. “Easy.” When she catches a fish she touches its scales with her fingers, feeling its curious texture. We see her face, with intense eyes, serious and still. A younger girl, her sister, is looking on. Eventually the father says “let’s go home,” but the girl pauses to touch the shallow water…

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