SHE DOES THE CITY
A Mother Apart
Staceyann Chin wears many hats, from being a talented poet to a self-proclaimed activist. Yet, a lot of her work is a product of her growing up with an absent mother. As she opens the letters she wrote to her mom as a child, Staceyann rehashes some of the pain from her past and begins to research more about the woman who impacted much of her poetry despite her absence. This documentary by Laurie Townshend shows how the burdens of a complex mother-daughter relationship can impact a poet’s craft and her own motherhood journey.
