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love, amma
202214 min 55 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Prajwala Dixit
Production: Annette Clarke (National Film Board of Canada)John Christou (National Film Board of Canada)
Script: Prajwala Dixit
A National Film Board of Canada production.
Wanting to demonstrate the courage in vulnerability and the strength in speaking one’s truth, a young mother, newly diagnosed with borderline personality disorder, writes her daughter a letter to help her navigate an uncertain future.
Mixing observational documentary with personal essay, love, amma is, on the surface, an intimate story of one family’s journey to healing. But on a deeper level, it is a courageous and candid attempt to depict mental illness from a new angle—through rarely seen moments along the path to acceptance.
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Subject categories
- Health and Medicine > Diseases
- Psychology and Psychiatry > Family Life
- Women > Health and Illness
- Families > Mental Health
- Cultural Diversity and Multiculturalism > Women immigrants
Credits
- writer
- Prajwala Dixit
- director
- Prajwala Dixit
- narrator
- Prajwala Dixit
- director of photography
- Danae Elon
- Bakul Sharma
- additional camera
- Prajwala Dixit
- still photographer
- Ajay D'Souza
- sound recording
- Danae Elon
- Sathya Murthy
- editor
- Heidi Haines
- sound designer
- Sacha Ratcliffe
- producer
- Annette Clarke
- production manager
- Lynn Andrews
- production assistant
- Abhinaya Nair
- transcription
- Lori Heath
- foley
- Karla Baumgardner
- foley recording
- Geoffrey Mitchell
- production supervisor
- Roz Power
- technical coordinator
- Daniel Lord
- Christopher MacIntosh
- narration recording
- Matthew Thomson
- finishing editor
- Steve Cook
- colourist
- Steve Cook
- re-recording
- Jean Paul Vialard
- marketing manager
- Jamie Hammond
- publicist
- Osas Eweka-Smith
- legal counsel
- Dominique Aubry
- associate producer
- Kelly Davis
- studio administrator
- Leslie Anne Poyntz
- executive producer
- Annette Clarke
- John Christou