All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt

Visually lush and sweeping in scope, All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt is a poignant and richly sensorial portrait of a Black woman's life in Mississippi.

Each scene represents a snapshot in the life of Mackenzie, better known as Mack, among her friends and family: as a child in the year 1970, learning how to fish with her father; as a teenager, flirting with her best-friend-turned-crush; being cradled as a baby by her mother. The film moves freely in time, reveling in the beauty of nature and the minutiae of human connection—a pair of intertwined hands, a slow, swaying dance, a lingering hug—as its characters contend with love, loss, grief, joy, and the unexpected moments that shape a life.

Shot on 35mm film, the feature debut from award-winning poet, photographer, and filmmaker Raven Jackson is a haunting and richly layered portrait, a beautiful ode to the generations of people and places that shape us.

Part of our New Visions, New Voices series

Film website: a24films.com/films/all-dirt-roads