For Love & Country

Were it only a showcase for breathtaking performances from Black country and roots musicians — including Brittney Spencer, Mickey Guyton, Breland, Allison Russell and Amythyst Kiah, among others — director Joshua Kissi’s feature For Love & Country would be a valuable documentary. However, Kissi lets these artists (as well as journalists, authors, scholars and community activists) show you the disconnect between the fundamental contributions artists of color have made to country music and the minuscule amount of support, let alone equity and power, they’ve received in return. It’s a powerful, succinct and rich telling of a vital story.

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