A Woman, My Mother

A Woman, My Mother

A Woman, My Mother

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A Woman, My Mother

2019

1h 15m

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Documentary

Overview

Filmmaker Claude Demers tells the story of his search for his biological mother and their eventual meeting. He does this in voice-over, accompanied by images from Canada's national archives. The painstakingly selected and fluidly edited black-and-white clips build up, like the perfectly fitting pieces of a puzzle; an impression of his mother as he had imagined her. How she grew up, worked, loved and left him.

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Claude Demers

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