Mother of George

Bradford Young won Best Cinematography at Sundance for his work on Andrew Dosunmu’s drama, Mother of George, about a Nigerian couple in Brooklyn trying to conceive a child. Young, another student of Haile Gerima whose credits include Pariah (2011), Selma (2014), and Arrival (2016), is known for his layered use of color and expressive visuals, which have consistently disproven enduring claims about the so-called challenges of filming Black skin. In Mother of George, using light and shifting focus, Young evokes an intimacy that is reflective of the protagonists’ own personal struggles. 

Director: Andrew Dosunmu. Cast: Danai Gurira, Isaach De Bankolé, Tony Okungbowa, Bukky Ajayi. 2013. 107 minutes. Nigeria/USA. Color. English, Yoruba. DCP. 

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