Over one year, Kevin Contento accompanies a group of young men in Pahokee, Florida, a small community marked by agriculture and rabbit hunting. He has been friends with them since they were children and has, like them, recently become a father. Whether in the kitchen or the laundromat, this is filming as giving and taking. In calmly shot vignettes full of solidarity, the everyday lives, thoughts and dreams of Black fathers become visible, interwoven with the spiritual poems they recite. Lines from Farid ud-Din Attar's Sufi parable "The Moths and the Flame", for example, whose message is that true insight is not reached through talking or thinking, but rather by total dedication. Contento thus bathes the sugar cane plantations in golden light, shows Pahokee in wide shots and elevates it to a place of enlightenment. A free, poetic form of cinematic language that takes time to observe children's birthdays and housework alike and contradicts the myth of the absent Black father on a day-to-day basis. Accompanied by the wistful, mystical compositions by legendary hip hop producer 4th Disciple, The Moths & the Flame becomes an intense, very much optimistic viewing experience.
Add your information (With the self-presentation files)
Convention with Wikiafrica / Wikipedia : Southplanet's contents are shared for free according to the licence Creative commons 
.
© Some artistic content (photos, videos, sound recordings, written texts) is subject to copyright. Copyright is mentioned when and where it applies. Copyrighted material cannot be reproduced.
