Mimi and Dona

6.5
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Run time: 65 min
  • Premiere: 2014. October 1.

What happens when love runs out of time? For a 92-year-old mother, Mimi, who has cared 64 years for her daughter, Dona, who has an intellectual disability, it means facing the inevitable -- she will not outlive her daughter -- and finding her daughter a home. This poignant, heartbreaking and, at times, humorous documentary traces this process through the story of a wonderfully quirky and deeply connected mother-daughter duo. The film spotlights the challenges of aging caregivers of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities -- some 4.6 million Americans, 75 percent of whom live at home with family -- and details the ripple effects of Dona's disability on three generations of a Texas family.

Discover

Crew

Sophie Sartain

Cinematography

Directing

Sophie Sartain

Director

Editing

Production

Marta Kauffman

Executive Producer

Sophie Sartain

Producer

Nancy Spielberg

Executive Producer

Sound

Writing

Crew

Sophie Sartain

Cinematography

Directing

Sophie Sartain

Director

Editing

Production

Marta Kauffman

Executive Producer

Sophie Sartain

Producer

Nancy Spielberg

Executive Producer

Sound

Writing