LOOK AT US NOW, MOTHER!

Dir. Gayle Kirschenbaum
(84 min, USA/India/France, 2015)
Documentary
DC Premiere

Gayle Kirschenbaum is unmarried, artistic, and independent – not to mention the one with the big nose. With a mother as loudly critical as hers, the wounds dated back to childhood. The two women take a trip to India together, sign up for the same dating site, and even seek out couples’ therapy.

With tear-stained laughter, they hope to understand one another, to find common ground, and perhaps even forgiveness, before it’s too late.

Co-presented by the Cultural Services of the Embassy of France

Gayle Kirschenbaum is an Emmy award-winning filmmaker/TV producer and speaker. Called the “Nora Ephron of documentaries”, Gayle has turned the camera on herself in her most recently completed feature documentary, LOOK AT US NOW, MOTHER! about the transformation of a highly charged mother/daughter relationship fromMommie Dearest to Dear Mom. This is the “larger version” of her humorous film, MY NOSE, in which we follow her mother’s relentless campaign to get her to have a nose job. Prior to this film, Kirschenbaum made a poignant and wacky film with her dog about the human/canine bond called A DOG’S LIFE: A DOGAMENTARY, which premiered on HBO. She created several reality shows that premiered on TLC and Discovery Health, and co-created Judgment Day that also aired on HBO. Kirschenbaum is a member of the Producer’s Guild of America, New York Women in Film and Television, Film Fatales and is a judge for the Emmys. She has been featured widely in the media including New York Times, NBC’s Today Show, Miami Herald, Washington Post, and Ladies Home Journal.

“Look at us Now, Mother! is a funny film as well as a tragic one, given that both women have a sharp sense of humour” -Independent