Raven Jackson’s All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt is one of the most visually striking, profoundly moving American moviemaking debuts in years. A rich portrait of growing up in rural Mississippi, the film is an arresting immersion into a young woman’s inner world, filmed and edited with an extraordinary tactility and attention to the tiniest detail.
This impressionistic journey skips ahead and back through decades to tell the story of Mack, whose life is touched by grace, dotted with heartbreak, and always carried aloft by the surrounding natural beauty. As she ages, she loses loved ones and gains others, while making decisions that change the course of her life, and that of her beloved sister. Relying on sounds and images to tell her story, and employing minimal dialogue, Jackson has created something breathtakingly quiet and ultimately transporting—a spiritual tribute to the moments, feelings, and connections that make a life. A New York Times Critic’s Pick.
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Directed by Raven Jackson. 2023. USA.