What My Mother Told Me

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.

Country:

Trinidad and Tobago,

United Kingdom

Genre:

Drama

Duration:

57 minutes

Year:

1995

Director:

Frances-Anne Solomon

Cast:
Adjoa Andoh

Jesse

Leonie Forbes

Clarence Smith

Nadine Williams

Crew:
Frances-Anne Solomon

Director

Frances-Anne Solomon

Writer

Leonie Forbes

Writer

Adjoa Andoh

Writer