A Mother’s Body
8 minutes | 2021Short film
A Mother’s Body is an intimate portrayal of two women hotel cleaners from a daughter’s perspective. While the women perform their daily work, the daughter reflects on how their profession affects their bodies and relationship to time. Meanwhile, the women navigate and negotiate the demands of the strenuous labour with experience, preciseness, and beauty.
A Mother's Body is part of a trilogy on mothers, labor and dreams.
Credits
Director: Jonelle Twum
Producer: Hawa Sanneh
Cast: Ernestina Nkansha, Cat Phan
Text: Jenny Ngugen
Director of Photography: Malin LQ
Editors: Moa Nyberg Waller, Ali Alsalem
Sound design: Tove Lidman
Music: Javad Safari
Grapic Design: Lina Forsgren