God Bless the Child


God Bless the Child
God Bless the Child
Directed byChristopher Harris
Directed by
Christopher Harris
Harris draws directly from his infancy and experience as a foster child. Combining photos, records, and other materials from his personal archives with 16mm film footage he recently shot in Senegal, Harris situates “the carcerality of the social welfare state and child services in relation to Black childhood in the US within the broader context of the transatlantic slave trade and the French Catholic Church’s colonization of West Africa and the Americas.
Last Updated: February 22, 2026