Saving Mum: Our Family Secret
Saving Mum: Our Family Secret
Deeply personal documentary from British South Asian film-maker Maleena Pone, following her as she tries to repair her complicated relationship with her mother Jasbir and confront the legacy of silence, grief and alcoholism that has shaped their family. Filmed across the UK and Costa Rica, and told through years of personal footage, photos and diaries, the documentary captures a side of British Punjabi family life rarely seen on screen as it unpacks how trauma passes through generations, and what it means to break the cycle
Saving Mum: Our Family Secret airs on Channel 4 HD at 11:10 PM, Wednesday 10 December. (Subtitles, audio description, new.)
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General
Maleena Pone
Director
Fatima Salaria
Executive Producer
Zeb Achonu
Editor