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In Theaters Now
- 2023
- PG
- 1 h 32 m
- 2023
- PG
- 1 h 32 m
Summary A decades-spanning exploration of a woman’s life in Mississippi and an ode to the generations of people, places, and ineffable moments that shape us.
Directed By: Raven Jackson
Written By: Raven Jackson
In Theaters Now
- 2023
- PG
- 1 h 32 m
- 2023
- PG
- 1 h 32 m
All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt
User Score
Universal Acclaim
9.5
Where to Watch
Summary A decades-spanning exploration of a woman’s life in Mississippi and an ode to the generations of people, places, and ineffable moments that shape us.
Directed By: Raven Jackson
Written By: Raven Jackson
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 22 Critic Reviews
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91% Positive
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 22 Critic Reviews
86
91% Positive
20 Reviews
20 Reviews
9% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
0% Negative
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Jackson tells Mack’s life in detailed close-up, and it is as if we are passing the years alongside her.
Jackson is the epitome of a filmmaker whose gaze truly makes everything seem previously unseen. By walking alongside her characters, indeed the salt of the earth, we experience what was always there with brand new wisdom.
It announces right from the start that you are not just watching a movie. You’re experiencing an immersive portrait of a life and a landscape intertwined, and entering what feels like a feature-length sense memory.
Written and directed by Jackson, All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt is a poetic memoir of Mack’s life. Memories will appear one after another from her youngest days to her gray-haired years, non-sequentially, creating a winding road that bobs and weaves through mundane and life-defining moments alike.
“All Dirt Roads” is difficult to firmly grasp, sometimes frustratingly so, but its textures linger.
All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt’s non-linear approach requires patience and its character development is a bit thin, but the film is stunning, thought-provoking, and poignant, with each frame lovingly executed.
Comparisons to the work of Terrence Malick and Julie Dash are inevitable, but Raven Jackson’s search for the sublime lacks both the rich philosophical inquiries of the former and the dense, lived-in specificity of the latter.
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Universal Acclaim
Based on 4 User Ratings
9.5
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User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 4 User Ratings
9.5
100% Positive
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Production Company
A24,
PASTEL
Release Date Nov 3, 2023
Duration 1 h 32 m
Rating PG
Genres
Tagline Time is a tender embrace
Awards
Black Reel Awards
• 4 Nominations
Thessaloniki Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
Film Independent Spirit Awards
• 2 Nominations
