A Powerful Thang

A Powerful Thang — Plot

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.

• Release date
• January 1, 1991
• Runtime
• 57 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Zeinabu irene Davis

A Powerful Thang — Cast

Barbara O. Jones (as Barbara O)

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Asma Feyijinmi John Earl Jelks Craig Watkins (as John Jelks)