The injustice surrounding the shooting death of 15-year-old Latasha Harlins became a flashpoint for Los Angeles' 1992 civil uprising. As the Black community expressed its profound pain in the streets, Latasha’s friends and family privately mourned the loss of a vibrant child whose full story was never in the headlines. Nearly three decades later, director Sophia Nahli Allison removes Latasha from the context of her death and rebuilds an archive of a promising life lost. Oral history and memories from Latasha’s best friend and cousin converge in a dreamlike portrait that shows the impact one brief but brilliant life can have.

In the director's words: "Deeply inspired by the methodology and conjured stories of Black women writers such as Saidiya Hartman, Sonya Sanchez, Zora Neale Hurston, and Alice Walker, A LOVE SONG FOR LATASHA explores the spiritual process of constructing a story when no tangible elements exists beyond the memories, a pulsating and vibrant energy that cannot be seen but felt. The film challenges the restrictions and constraints of conventional documentaries by visually articulating both the public and private spaces that Black women and girls must navigate and coexist in. As a native of South Central Los Angeles, I created A LOVE SONG FOR LATASHA as a spiritual archive for the community. The film is for every Black girl who has ever been erased, silenced, or discredited. We will always see you and fight for you."