
After this screening, please join us for a live Q&A with director Nyasha Laing and other filmmakers from Spiritual Encounters: Return to Source, using the following link:
https://watch.eventive.org/hff2023/play/64584fc10683ab0055106e0b
Imogene “Queenie” Kennedy was a contemporary priestess in post-colonial Jamaica who catapulted her African spiritual practice into renown. But after centuries of erasure, what remains of the dance between the living and the dead?
In the wake of the loss of her mother, the filmmaker travels into the heart of Jamaican countryside to research Kumina, an ancestral ritual. The ancient practice, she learns, is a driving force in Jamaica’s culture and identity, yet its leaders have historically been discarded as witches and criminalized. Jamaica’s post-colonial renaissance enabled Queenie to share her practice with the world. Today, Queenie’s mysterious world reveals a divergent pathway to freedom, healing, and transformation-for those who choose it.
- Runtime58 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUSA/Jamaica
- DirectorNyasha Laing
After this screening, please join us for a live Q&A with director Nyasha Laing and other filmmakers from Spiritual Encounters: Return to Source, using the following link:
https://watch.eventive.org/hff2023/play/64584fc10683ab0055106e0b
Imogene “Queenie” Kennedy was a contemporary priestess in post-colonial Jamaica who catapulted her African spiritual practice into renown. But after centuries of erasure, what remains of the dance between the living and the dead?
In the wake of the loss of her mother, the filmmaker travels into the heart of Jamaican countryside to research Kumina, an ancestral ritual. The ancient practice, she learns, is a driving force in Jamaica’s culture and identity, yet its leaders have historically been discarded as witches and criminalized. Jamaica’s post-colonial renaissance enabled Queenie to share her practice with the world. Today, Queenie’s mysterious world reveals a divergent pathway to freedom, healing, and transformation-for those who choose it.
- Runtime58 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUSA/Jamaica
- DirectorNyasha Laing