ALL DIRT ROADS TAST OF SALT

 
 

May 10 / 6:00PM - 9:00PM / WEEKEND 2

ALL DIRT ROADS TASTE OF SALT

FEATURE FILM SCREENING + Q&A with Raven Jackson

LOCATION: PF MAIN GALLERY 144

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All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt is a decades-spanning exploration of a woman's life in Mississippi, written and directed by Raven Jackson.  A visual poem, shot through the brilliant eye of the brilliant cinematographer, Jomo Fray.  Raven Jackson allows us to travel through portals into the life of Mack, and her intimate moments of anticipation, love and heartbreak from childhood to adulthood. 

Following the narrative feature film screening Raven Jackson will join us for a zoom Q&A with her friend and Minneapolis based writer, director and educator, Raven Johnson.

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RAVEN JACKSON
RAVEN JACKSON

Raven Jackson is an award-winning filmmaker, poet, and photographer from Tennessee. Her work often explores landscapes of indefinable experiences and emotions, intimacy, connection, and the body’s relationship to nature. Recently nominated for a Film Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature and a Gotham Award for Breakthrough Director, Raven’s debut narrative film, All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt, made in partnership with Maria Altamirano, PASTEL, and A24, world-premiered in the US Dramatic Competition at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, and was named one of the top ten movies of the year by The New Yorker, Rolling Stone, and RogerEbert.com. The film has screened at the New York Film Festival, San Sebastián International Film Festival, BFI London, AFI Fest, and more.

A featured artist on Kahlil Joseph’s BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions, which premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, she has served as a Story Editor for HBO's adaptation of Sula, based on Toni Morrison's novel, and co-wrote an episode of the Apple TV+ Series Surface. She is a 2024 Sundance Momentum Fellow and Rideback Rise Resident, and her short films Nettles and A Guide to Breathing Underwater are currently streaming on the Criterion Channel. Stories From a Place Where All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt, the companion book for her debut feature, is currently out from A24. Her photography can be found in the book, as well as in BOMB Magazine. She is a Cave Canem fellow and holds MFAs from New York University's Graduate Film Program and the New School's Writing Program. Her chapbook of poetry, little violences, is available from Cutbank Literary Magazine.

 
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