I was invited to a conference call today with Katherine Dieckmann, the director of Motherhood. Prior to the call, we were asked to send in some questions. The questions were fantastic, but Katherine’s response to the questions were wonderful and inspiring. I think chatting with the director of a movie puts everything into perspective. For me, it helped me get past the stereotypical judgements I had about movies. Yes, there are real people behind the movies, real voices and real experiences. Their hearts are often reflected in the scripts that playout on the big screen.
Interesting that there are not more films about motherhood, which was the inspiration for the movie. A quick synopsis from the director’s notes:
MOTHERHOOD takes place in a single day that pushes to the tipping point Eliza’s fundamental fear she’s lost herself. Starting at dawn, her to-do list is daunting: prepare for and throw her daughter’s 6th birthday party, mind her toddler son, battle for a parking space during an epic alternate side parking showdown, navigate playground politics with overbearing moms, and mend a rift with after posting her best friend’s confession on her blog. On top of it all, Eliza decides to enter a contest run by an upscale parenting magazine. All she has to do is write 500 words answering the deceptively simple question, “What Does Motherhood Mean to Me?”
Will you watch it? What do you think?
Take a peek at the trailer…
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