Award-Winning Documentary MOM AND ME in Irish Cinemas this Friday
Mom and Me, Ken Wardrop's follow up to His and Hers, will be released in Irish cinemas this Friday, July 15th.
Oklahoma was recently voted the manliest state in the USA. Radio talk show host Joe Cristiano wants to investigate if the manliest men, in the manliest state in the Union, are willing to call in and discuss their mothers on air.
Director Ken Wardrop weaves an exquisitely sympathetic portrait of what mothers mean to their sons in this charming and touching film, showing a vulnerable side of American masculinity that viewers rarely see. These men come from all walks of life, ranging from a war veteran and a prison inmate to a cowboy preacher and a district attorney. Their mothers are just as complicated: spunky, resilient, demanding, generous, and iconoclastic. As these mothers and sons ride horses, shoot guns, and discuss their deepest feelings, Wardrop's compassionate observation reveals the universality that underlies this most particular relationship.
Having received its world premiere at Telluride Film Festival earlier this year, the film recently screened at Edinburgh Film Festival and had its Irish premiere at the Galway Film Fleadh. It picked up the George Morrison Feature Documentary Award at IFTA 2016.
Mom and Me is directed by Ken Wardrop and produced by Andrew Freedman with support from the Irish Film Board.
Watch the trailer here.
What the reviews have said:
A devastating study of motherly love - The Guardian ****
Captures the magic of human relationships - Irish Independent ****