Laurie Townshend
Country
Canada
Format
Feature film
Year
2024
Duration
1 h 30 mins
Previous Festivals/Awards
Official Selection, 2024 Hot Docs Festival
Stream
Icons
Interests
Activism, Asian, Black, BOLD, Canadian, Family, Performing Arts, RE:Focus
Guests
Laurie Townshend, Staceyann Chin, Alison Duke, Justine Pimlott, Ngardy Conteh George
How do you raise a child when your own mother abandoned you? In a remarkable story of healing and forgiveness, Jamaican-American poet and LGBTQ+ activist Staceyann Chin, renowned for performances in Def Poetry Jam and hit solo shows like MotherStruck!, radically re-imagines the essential art of mothering. In seeking her elusive mother—a trail that leads to Brooklyn, Montreal, Cologne and, finally, Jamaica—Staceyann and her daughter forge a new sense of home.
June 1, 2024 1:30 pm TIFF Lightbox 1 350 King Street West Toronto, ON
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