Which rituals have you divined to protect yourself from harm?
Nadege has to work late at the sleep lab again, leaving Reggie and their dog Fatboy waiting. During her commute home she recites her daily affirmations, teachings from Obeah the Spirit Mother, as Downtown Providence Plantations erupts in protests against another state sanctioned killing. As Nadege gets closer to home, the line between reality and a waking nightmare starts to blur.
DRIVING WHILE BLACK MAGIC is the opening to an absurd alternate near future where revolution is beginning to brew among the world’s oppressed people. This story is created by Vatic Tayari Kuumba. The film stars Cloteal Horne and is directed by Julia C Liu.
Funding provided in part by a grant from the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, through an appropriation by the Rhode Island General Assembly, a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts and private funders.