All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt

Nov 3, 2023

1h 37m

★ 5.9

Time is a tender embrace.

Overview

Tender caresses and enveloping embraces are portals into the life of Mack, a Black woman in Mississippi. Winding through the anticipation, love, and heartbreak she experiences from childhood to adulthood, the expressionist journey is an ode to connection — with loved ones and with place.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

A24

PASTEL

Tender

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Cast

Young Mack

Kaylee Nicole Johnson

Isaiah

Chris Chalk

Young Josie

Jayah Henry

Evelyn

Sheila Atim

Girl with Umbrella

Bernadette Albright

Young Wood

Preston McDowell

Mack

Charleen McClure

Wood

Reginald Helms Jr.

Ebony

Monique Norwood

Jay

Kim Bowie

Wood's Friend #1

Pershon Harper

Wood's Friend #2

Chandler Garrett

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