| How do you raise a child when your own mother disappeared? Women Make Movies' latest release, A MOTHER APART (dir. Laurie Townshend) — also made with the support of our Production Assistance Program — takes this question to heart, and audiences can explore it when the film premieres on POV, Monday, October 13, 2025, co-presented with Black Public Media. A festival favorite at DOC NYC, BlackStar, and Frameline, the film offers rich terrain for conversations on race, queerness, single motherhood, and intergenerational healing. This powerful and poetic documentary follows acclaimed Jamaican-American poet and LGBTQ+ activist Staceyann Chin as she confronts the lifelong scars of abandonment and redefines what it means to mother and be mothered, as well as to heal and forgive. Spanning Brooklyn, Montreal, Cologne, and Jamaica, the film blends vérité, animation, and performance art to chart Chin's radical journey of healing as she searches for the woman who left her as a child and strives to become the mother she never had. Don't miss the POV premiere on October 13 — check local listings for air times. A MOTHER APART is also available for purchase and community screenings, a powerful entry point for dialogue in classrooms, organizations, and public programs. | 
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