52docs 16 / A mother's mother

Sometimes you find a thread and pull on it, which is how we find ourselves moving from New York to the UK & Sri Lanka with The Taste of Mango.

Connect the dots via Kellen, who had a hand in both and is now a friend of 52docs👋. Director Chloe Abrahams was edit assistant on A Still Small Voice. And both films take you into deeply personal and almost heartbreakingly intimate moments in people’s lives.

They are also documentaries which aren’t afraid to hold shots and won’t rush you through emotions. By slowing down and settling in to the rhythm and shape the filmmakers have created, films like these reward patience while they expand your inner and outer horizons.

Review

Interview with the filmmaker.

Trailer 

Available in the US via POV or Kanopy and in the UK via the BFI.