Jamal Solomon

Movies

SUPERCRITICAL
Camera Operator
In a post-apocalyptic nuclear fallout shelter, a young scientist bothers their team leader with a series of progressively inane HR requests.
Respect the Jux
Best Boy Electric
A corrupted young man ventures to the United States in quest of the American Dream, and forms a band of robbers to obtain it.
As of Yet
Director of Photography
Told largely through video calls and digital diaries, Naomi navigates a problematic roommate and a burgeoning romance all while locked down during the Coronavirus pandemic.
The Only Beautiful Thing
Director of Photography
Nikki and her partner Margaux agree to foster Sinatra, a rescue pitbull, with Nikki’s incarcerated mother, who offers Nikki a chance to process some long repressed emotions.
Stage V
Cinematography
Lydia attends a bereavement group for people who have lost a loved one to cancer. As she hears the different stories of loss around the group and how grief has manifested itself in so many different ways, she is triggered to remember different memories during her father’s illness where each stage of grief affected her own life.
The Devil's Restaurant
Director of Photography
A restaurant manager in New York City has made a deal with a demonic entity in order to bolster his business. What could possibly go wrong?
Miasia: The Nature of Experience
Cinematography
The film chronicles the life of Brooklyn teenager Miasia Clark as she navigates her everyday world and prepares to present at the first-ever Black Girl Movement National Conference. Miasia is joined in this effort by members of her activist group, Girls for Gender Equity.
Vigilante: The Crossing
Cinematography
Dexter Gooding (Kirk Brown), an ex-convict, deported from the US returns to his homeland to find his beloved community Bakers Village engulfed in crime. The police are out-gunned and out-numbered. Rape, murder and robbery plague his once beautiful paradise. Armed with guilt of past crimes and a genuine passion for his birthplace, Dexter takes on the mission of Vigilante. In true Robin Hood style, Dexter mercilessly seeks to eradicate Bakers Village of all criminals. Its on this very ruthless path, he meets Amy (Malissa Alana), a white Barbadian woman, who is on a similar mission and their worlds collide. Black and white, rich and poor, upper and lower class, and as the their paths cross...the historical cap of racial, class and social prejudice, violently erupts and suddenly threatens the mission. Love, hate, passion, guilt and prejudice all meet head on and Dexter and his beloved Bakers Village are now at a Crossroad.
Flowers
Director of Photography
A revenge plot spirals out of control as two Brooklyn teens maneuver a Summer day they'll never forget.
Muscle Memory
Cinematography
"Muscle Memory" is a conceptual nonlinear short film that follows Tariq, who makes his living as a hoofer like his late father Yayha. On the anniversary of Yahya's death, he dedicates a dance to him, which triggers childhood memories.