When mum
is done

Length: 3 minutes
Genre: Experimental / Arts / Documentary
Broadcaster: Random Acts / C4

An experimental documentary that echos the sense of loss felt when a child leaves home for the first time.

Synopsis

Filmmaker Natasha Hawthornthwaite records phone conversations with mums who are experiencing empty nest syndrome. These real interviews are edited together with home video footage and projected into empty bedrooms.

It’s an experimental documentary that echos the sense of loss felt when a child leaves home for the first time.

Themes

Mental Health / Female-led / Loss / Experimental / Documentary / Female Director

Director: Natasha Hawthornthwaite
Producers: Ian Fenton & Nick Oakley
Camera: Paul Gore
Production Manager: Rachael Fish
Edit: True North Post
Sound Design: Alex Gregson

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