What My Mother Told Me
Specs and Credits

TV Drama 60 min. Powerful semi-autobiographical drama set in London and Trinidad. Channel 4.

Directed by
Frances-Anne Solomon

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Adjoa Andoh
Leonie Forbes
Frances-Anne Solomon

Cast (in alphabetical order)
Adjoa Andoh .... Jesse
Leonie Forbes .... Catherine Stewart
Clarence Smith .... Frank

Produced by
Eka Nowakowska .... line producer
Frances-Anne Solomon .... producer

Cinematography by
Mike Spragg

Film Editing by
Chris Ridsdale

Production Management
Karen Mart?ez .... production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Karen Mart?ez .... first assistant director

Art Department
Larry Richardson .... assistant art director

Other crew
Christopher Pinheiro .... designer
Larry Richardson .... art department
Rubadiri Victor .... art department
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What My Mother Told Me 1995

Summary

Exquisitely beautiful and profoundly moving, What My Mother Told Me is a dramatic journey towards self discovery. The story focuses on Jesse, a young woman from England, who goes to Trinidad to bury her father. Reluctantly she agrees to meet her mother, whom she thought had abandoned her when she was a child. Her mother tells her stories, revealing a troubled and violent marriage, and Jesse is forced to face the truth about her past. What My Mother Told Me cleverly evokes complex connections between history, memory, violence and cultural identity.

Excerpts from Reviews

  • Female Safari

    (Article added: Nov-04-04)
    Talk of Trinidad with The Humming Bird The movie ?What my mother told me" is unique in that it is one of the few works produced by a Trinidadian woman about the paradoxes and survival strategies of Caribbean women. Written...

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