Coming to VOD today, Tuesday, May 9:
MOM AND ME
Director:
Ken Wardrop
Premiere:
Telluride 2015
Select Festivals:
Nantucket, Cleveland, RiverRun, Edinburgh, Sydney, Denver
About:
An exploration of the unique bond between mothers and sons.
I previously wrote about the doc for Nantucket’s lineup, saying:
Just before Mother’s Day, a local talk radio show in Oklahoma City – “the manliest city in the United States” – asks male listeners to call in and talk about their relationships with their moms. The responses frame this warm, often humorous film. Exhibiting surprising vulnerability and sharing alternately charming and poignant stories, callers are a diverse group, from a contrite prisoner eager to reconnect with his wronged mom to a bachelor whose mother badgers him for grandkids. Ultimately, what emerges is a multifaceted exploration of a bond that is unique for each mother-son pair, yet wonderfully universal at the same time.
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