As in his last film Charlie’s Country, the tragic hero of Rolf de Heer’s new work clearly asks: “What is left of our humanity?” This time the hero is a woman, portrayed with an unforgettable mix of bravery and weariness by Mwajemi Hussein. The Dutch-Australian filmmaker’s searing moral fable subverts our expectations by playing with a variety of genres, but confirms his indisputable understanding of the burden endured by ethnic minorities in a white man’s world.

Their tragedy is amplified by the apocalyptic situation in which humankind finds itself, and their isolation further underlined by the film’s striking and meticulously composed dystopian landscapes. Poised between poetry and despair, BlackWoman’s thought-provoking story gradually gives shape to the most moving of exploits: the will to resist." ~ Berlinale

"...the Covid/BLM nexus was impossible for  me to ignore. Every time I was writing a  scene, it made itself known to the back of  my mind. It was formative, and helpful, and the pure cinema of what was going down on  the page allowed that aspect of it to go  where it wanted to. And I was pleased that  it did." ~ Rolf de Heer.