2025 Canadian Screen Awards.

NOMINEE | FINALISTE
Best Editing in a Feature Length Documentary | Meilleur montage dans un long métrage documentaire

Sonia Godding Togobo

A Mother Apart

Synopsis:

How do you raise a child when your own mother abandoned you? In a remarkable story of healing and forgiveness, Jamaican-American poet and LGBTQ+ activist Staceyann Chin, renowned for performances in Def Poetry Slam and hit solo shows like MotherStruck!, radically re-imagines the essential art of mothering. In seeking her elusive mother—a trail that leads to Brooklyn, Montreal, Cologne and, finally, Jamaica—Staceyann and her daughter forge a new sense of home.

Nominees | Finalistes:

Sonia Godding Togobo

Production Company | Maison De Production:

Oya Media Group, National Film Board of Canada

Original Language | Langue Originale:

English