Mother of Color
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2023 NOMINEE - BEST PICTURE
2022
United States
86 mins
English, Spanish
Feature Film Competition
| Dawn Jones Redstone | |
| Tara Johnson-Medinger, Ashley Song | |
| Ana Del Rocío (Noelia), Patricia Alvitez (Elena), Luz Elena Mendoza (Che), Kasey Tinoco (Mau) |
In a tumultuous world, Noelia, is a whip-smart community organizer and single mother of two who constantly has to make hard choices between her kids and her career. When she’s offered the chance to interview for a position that could change everything, she begins receiving mysterious messages from her ancestors. Noelia senses that something bigger is at play as she works through a series of obstacles to get to the interview and follow her dreams. MOTHER OF COLOR is an eerie social drama that tracks the realities of single motherhood while also exploring one woman’s reckoning with ancestral trauma.
About the Director
Dawn Jones Redstone is a Mexican-American writer/director whose short films have screened around the globe including the acclaimed SISTA IN THE BROTHERHOOD. Her work often features women of color and explores themes of resistance, feminism and the internal machinations that help us transform into the people we want to become. She believes in using her hiring decisions to help create an inclusive filmmaking community that reflects and brings needed perspective to the world we live in.
Reviews
Reconciling what you deserve with the way the world actually operates in ‘Mother of Color’ – Winter Film Awards, by Whitney Larkins
Don’t Call Mother Of Color Magic Realism – Portland Mercury‘Mother of Color’: The difficult art of juggling – Oregon ArtsWatchReflecting on a Film Career Centered on Transformational Journeys – Redefine Magazine“Mother of Color” Will Have Its Portland Premiere Nov. 4 at Hollywood Theatre – Willamette Week
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