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All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Raven Jackson
Written by	Raven Jackson
Produced by	Maria Altamirano Barry Jenkins Adele Romanski Mark Ceryak
Starring	Charleen McClure Moses Ingram Reginald Helms Jr. Zainab Jah Sheila Atim Chris Chalk
Cinematography	Jomo Fray
Edited by	Lee Chatametikool
Music by	Sasha Gordon Victor Magro
Production companies	A24 Pastel Tender
Distributed by	A24
Release dates	January 22, 2023 (2023-01-22) (Sundance) November 3, 2023 (2023-11-03)
Running time	92 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$52,084

All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt is a 2023 American drama film written and directed by Raven Jackson in her feature-film directorial debut. It stars Charleen McClure, Moses Ingram, Reginald Helms Jr., Zainab Jah, Sheila Atim, and Chris Chalk. Barry Jenkins serves as a producer under his Pastel banner. The film has very little spoken dialogue.

It had its world premiere in the U.S. Dramatic competition at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival on January 22, 2023 and was released by A24 on November 3, 2023. It received positive reviews from critics and was named one of the top 10 independent films of 2023 by the National Board of Review.

Plot

The film charts the growth, loves, and heartbreaks of a Black woman in Mississippi, from her childhood through to her adult years.

Cast

• Charleen McClure as Mack
  • Kaylee Nicole Johnson as young Mack
  • Zainab Jah as older Mack
• Moses Ingram as Josie
  • Jayah Henry as young Josie
• Reginald Helms Jr. as Wood
  • Preston McDowell as young Wood
• Sheila Atim as Evelyn
• Chris Chalk as Isaiah

Production

In February 2021, it was announced that Raven Jackson would write and direct the film, with Barry Jenkins set to serve as a producer under his Pastel banner, and A24 set to produce and distribute.

Principal photography took place in Tennessee and in Vicksburg and Jackson, Mississippi in the fall of 2021.

Release

All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt had its world premiere at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival on January 22, 2023. It also screened at the 71st San Sebastián International Film Festival and the 2023 New York Film Festival. The film was released by A24 on November 3, 2023.

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 89% of 65 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.5/10. The website's consensus reads: "For viewers willing and able to adjust to its leisurely, recursive rhythm, All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt is a beautifully elegant exploration of grief and longing." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 87 out of 100, based on 22 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".

Richard Brody, in The New Yorker, described it as the most distinctive film of 2023 from a strict perspective of inventive narrative form.

Accolades

Notes

1. This award does not have a single winner, but recognizes multiple films.

References

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External links

• All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt at IMDb 

• 2023 films
• 2023 directorial debut films
• 2023 independent films
• American drama films
• A24 (company) films
• Films shot in Tennessee
• Films shot in Mississippi
• Films set in Mississippi
• 2020s American films
• 2020s English-language films
• English-language independent films