Mercy (2025)
Based on the poetry cycle of the esteemed African-American poet Cornelius Eady, the film is inspired by the work of Phillis Wheatley, the first published black poet in the US. “Mercy” aims to weave Wheatley's poetry and imagery, which focuses on the complication of the slave learning their captor's language, with gesture, movement and voice into an intricate meditation on black womanhood.
Director:
Philip Szporer
Writer:
Philip Szporer
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Amara Barner as |
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Angélique Willkie as |
| Directing | Philip Szporer | Director |
| Writing | Philip Szporer | Screenplay |
| Production | Philip Szporer | Producer |
| Editing | Pablo Córdoba Salcido | Editor |
| Camera | Pablo Córdoba Salcido | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Devon Bate | Sound |
| Sound | Devon Bate | Music |
| Production | Marlene Millar | Producer |