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Things I Could Never Tell My Mother
Humaira Bilkis

Things I Could Never Tell My Mother

  • Documentary
RELEASE

2022-04-15

BUGET

N/A

LENGTH

80 min

Description

Humaira Bilkis has a problem: after a pilgrimage to Mecca, her mother, who was previously an emancipated poet, has now become devout. The filmmaker has to fight to get her to accept the camera, since her religion forbids images, while hiding her relationship with a Hindu man from Calcutta. Her film plays out like a closed-door documentary, spot-on and moving.

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