#7. Black Mother (2018)

Grasshopper Film

– Director: Khalik Allah

– Metascore: 86

– IMDb user rating: 6.8

– Runtime: 77 minutes

This journey through Jamaica is both wondrous and tragic. The film is not only a tribute to Jamaica and its history, people, and culture but also to its women. “Black Mother” is broken into three parts, representing the trimesters of pregnancy, giving it the feel of a birth journey.