A Powerful Thang

Release Date: 1991-01-01

Overview: This innovative drama, set in Ohio, traces an African American couple's search for intimacy and friendship. The spirited, African-identified Yasmine Allen is a writer and single mother who has been dating saxophone teacher Craig Watkins for a month. Wishing to end her self-imposed celibacy following her son's birth, Yasmine has reached a turning point in the relationship-but Craig, the Big Lug, wants to take it slow. Sage advice from friends and family members remind them, "sex is a powerful thang." Like her highly acclaimed CYCLES, Davis's film incorporates animation as well as Afro-Haitian dance in a rich exploration of the lives of African Americans.

Rating: 5 / 10

Cast

Barbara O. Jones

as (as Barbara O)

Asma Feyijinmi

as

John Earl Jelks

as Craig Watkins (as John Jelks)