DESPERATELY SEEKING GRANDMA ALMA is a sweet story of loss and freedom three women, sing, laugh, cry, dance and crack jokes in a quest to find Grandma Alma. Along the way there are lots of distaffs, bible scripture, cake, and West Indian recipes.
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Before filmmaking director DM was a performance poet a highlight of that time was supporting Pulitzer prize winner Toni Morrison on her tour entitled Jazz. DM is a documentary geek and mixes reality with fantasy to explore cultural and creative processes with film.
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