Mothersbane
Mothersbane is a personal documentary that explores the filmmaker's ambivalent relationship to his mother's physical disabilities and chronicles his attempts to be at peace with her suffering and disfigurement. It is a mixed-media portrait, alternating between the present - in which his mother battles a staph infection and prepares for a major surgery - and recollections of the filmmaker's past. The film draws upon a variety of poetic evocations, including Super 8 recreations of childhood memories, to express the love and anxiety, and the protectiveness and dread, that has defined his relationship with his mother.
- Runtime
- 15m
- Released
- 2010
Details
Release year: 2010
Storyline
Mothersbane is a personal documentary that explores the filmmaker's ambivalent relationship to his mother's physical disabilities and chronicles his attempts to be at peace with her suffering and disfigurement. It is a mixed-media portrait, alternating between the present - in which his mother battles a staph infection and prepares for a major surgery - and recollections of the filmmaker's past. The film draws upon a variety of poetic evocations, including Super 8 recreations of childhood memories, to express the love and anxiety, and the protectiveness and dread, that has defined his relationship with his mother.