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LOOK AT US NOW, MOTHER! is comprised primarily of decades-worth of intimate family home movies and videos—from 8 mm film coverage of Gayle’s outwardly “Leave it to Beaver-esque” childhood in an upwardly-mobile Long Island suburb, to personal family celebrations, fights, and even tragedies right up to the present—it’s the story of one determined woman’s quest to reconcile with and understand her past, which means forgiving her proud, narcissistic and formidable elderly mother, Mildred.
With raw courage and equal parts humor and pathos, Gayle invites the audience to take this epic journey along with her. Gayle is determined to unlock the key to her family’s pain and crack open her mother’s brittle shell. When Mildred grudgingly agrees to participate in the process, the two of them (with the help of a therapist) uncover shocking family secrets and long-buried suffering that throw their family history into sharp relief, and begin to shift the dynamics of their complex relationship.
Original Release
05/14/2015
US Release
04/08/2016
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Ashley Brooke | Young Gayle Kirschenbaum |
Olivia Brown | Teenage Gayle |
Mildred Kirschenbaum | Self |
Gayle Kirschenbaum | Self |
Directors
Writers
Gayle Kirschenbaum, Melissa Jo Peltier
Cast
Name | Character |
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Ashley Brooke | Young Gayle Kirschenbaum |
Olivia Brown | Teenage Gayle |
Mildred Kirschenbaum | Self |
Gayle Kirschenbaum | Self |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Gayle Kirschenbaum | Producer |
Kirsten Larvick | Producer |
Mark Mori | Producer |
Melissa Jo Peltier | Producer |