Mimi and Dona (2014)
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.
Director: Sophie Sartain
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Sophie Sartain as (voice) |
| Directing | Sophie Sartain | Director |
| Production | Sophie Sartain | Producer |
| Crew | Sophie Sartain | Cinematography |
| Writing | Sophie Sartain | Writer |
| Sound | Linda Osher | Music |
| Production | Marta Kauffman | Executive Producer |
| Production | Nancy Spielberg | Executive Producer |
| Editing | Chris Callister | Editor |
