The Black Sea

Saturday, January 11, 2025
8pm
2024
96 minutes 
Independent, Comedy, Drama
Rated R
English, Bulgarian, Subtitled
 
“Moselle and Harden work with a subtle naturalistic touch that makes for a quietly sweet movie about unlikely redemption.” – New York Times
 
A compassionate, convivial, and deeply humane improvised comedy from Moselle (The Wolfpack, Skate Kitchen) and co-director Harden, inspired by the latter’s own experiences, The Black Sea stars Harden—also providing original music under the name Dear Derrick—as Khalid, a charismatic barista from Brownsville, Brooklyn, who drops everything back home to meet up with a woman in Bulgaria… then finds himself stranded without a return fare or a passport, the one and only Black man in the seaside resort town of Sozopol. Likened to a “cinematic freestyle” by its directors, The Black Sea is a film of unexpected connections, happy accidents, and wistful romanticism, with Harden joined by Letters from Antarctica’s Irmena Chichikova as the local travel agent who becomes Khalid’s lifeline and a motley cast of non-professional locals giving performances packed with unpolished charm.
 
Directed by Crystal Moselle & Derrick B. Harden | 2024 | United States, Bulgaria
 
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