A THOUSAND AND ONE follows unapologetic and free-spirited Inez (Teyana Taylor), who kidnaps six-year-old Terry from the foster care system. Holding onto their secret and each other, mother and son set out to reclaim their sense of home, identity, and stability, in a rapidly changing New York City.
"A passionate panorama of political obstacles to personal achievement, the inseparability of private life from public power." -Richard Brody, The New Yorker
"Energetic, emotionally rich, vividly lensed, and directed with enormous confidence." -Artforum
"Teyana Taylor electrifies a tough, graceful tale of us-against-the-world motherhood." -Variety