When Morning Comes

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When Morning Comes

2022

1h 27m

Drama

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After his mother decides to relocate their family from Jamaica to Canada, young Jamal runs off to spend time with his best friend, the girl he likes, and his substitute father figures. He also visits the grave of his beloved father one last time.

Dwight Brown

DwightBrownInk.com

Wilson and Roberts make a convincing and loving family. The camerawork seems invisible. A pop-reggae musical soundtrack will lift your heart.

Rated: 3/4

Sep 28, 2022

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Drew Gregory

Autostraddle

It’s a beautiful, emotional film that always leads with love — not the kind of love found in cliches, but a truer, selfless love.

Sep 25, 2022

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Hilary A White

Sunday Independent (Ireland)

Gerry Gregg’s gripping documentary tells the story of how a single event during those blackest days of Northern Ireland could lead to severe intergenerational trauma decades later.

Rated: 4/5

Dec 21, 2023

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Marie Saadeh

Exclaim!

When Morning Comes tenderly displays the bittersweetness of longing for a place or person before even having said goodbye.

Rated: 7/10

Sep 28, 2023

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Courtney Small

That Shelf

Fyffe-Marshall’s constructs a poetically beautiful and heartfelt love letter to Jamaica and sense of community it fosters.

Sep 20, 2022

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julie b

This movie is so pure. Joy, friendship, sorrow, love, and community all seen through the eyes of a 9 year old. I’ll never get over the yellow suit and the airport scene.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

09/23/24

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Brian K

A slow experiential movie, that comes across as a documentary, without any plot to speak of, but captures something special about Jamaican daily life in subtle ways. Worthwhile, if you are patient and don't expect much of a plot.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

04/03/24

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Kelly Fyffe-Marshall

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Djamari Roberts

Jamal Sutherland Jr.

Shaquana Wilson

Janeesha Sutherland

Jarden Crooks

Deshane Tristan Campbell

Paul Campbell

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Naomi Cowan

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Synopsis

After his mother decides to relocate their family from Jamaica to Canada, young Jamal runs off to spend time with his best friend, the girl he likes, and his substitute father figures. He also visits the grave of his beloved father one last time.

Director: Kelly Fyffe-Marshall
Producer: Sasha Leigh Henry, Iva Golubovic, Tamar Bird
Screenwriter: Kelly Fyffe-Marshall
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Runtime: 1h 27m