Harbourfront Centre
235 Queens Quay West, Toronto, Ontario,
As part of celebrations for the 30th Anniversary of Harbourfront Centre’s KUUMBA Festival, a screening of the following NFB film will be presented, followed by a Q&A with the film team:
A Mother Apart (Laurie Towshend | 2024 | 1 h 29 mins)
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 Slam 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.
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Tickets are available on a voluntary ‘pay what you can’ basis.