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What My Mother Told Me + Dreaming Rivers
A double bill exploring motherhood and ancestral bonds between the UK and Caribbean.
What My Mother Told Me

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Director
Frances-Anne Solomon
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UK-Trinidad and Tobago 1995. 61min
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Digital
Solomon reflects on generational differences and the complexities of maternal influence, examining both personal and cultural legacies.
+ Dreaming Rivers
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Director
Martina Attille
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UK 1988. 31min
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Digital
Attille’s film is an allegorical portrait of a Caribbean family facing tensions between traditional and modern values as they navigate what it means to belong.
Contains violence.
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