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On Mothers and Daughters in Times of Injustice

Partner: Wallonie Bruxelles Images   |   Institut des Arts de Diffusion

Director: Talia Jawitz
Filmmaker's profile

Through old letters, Merle revisits her past as an anti-Apartheid activist, which fractured her relationship with her mother forever. At the same time, she faces her privilege in today's South Africa and her own relationship with her adopted daughter.

Details

Duration: 28min.

Country: Belgium

Language: English

Year: 2022

Genre: Documentary

Topic: Activism, Colonialism, Discrimination, Documentary, Family, Feminism, Human Rights, Immigration, Motherhood, Racism, Resistance, Women

Cast & Crew

Director: Talia Jawitz

Production company: Mediadiffusion

Writer: Talia Jawitz

Cinematographer: Talia Jawitz

Editor: Talia Jawitz

Actors: n/a

Festivals & Awards

2022

Festival des Graines de Cinéastes

2023

FIPADOC International Documentary Festival

Festival Internacional de Cine Documental de Buenos Aires (FIDBA)

Obskuur Ghent Film Festival Obskuur Ghent Film Festival Best Documentary

Madurai International Documentary and Short film Festival

Durban International Film Festival

Escales Documentaire

Garden Route International Film Festival

MyFirstDoc Festival

DOKUBAZAAR - Independent Documentary Film Festival

2024

Millenium Documentary Film Festival

Mauritius Film Festival

DOC.Coimbra

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