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Ongeschreven Regels - Paas me je ma

Director: Aicha Lukuna
What does it feel like when no one chooses you, and being abandoned is all you've ever known? A tribute to the power of chosen mothers — women who care for and love without obligation.
As a child, you always knew exactly whose table you were welcome at after five o'clock. This documentary debut centres on two chosen mothers who took in a young Congolese migrant after her own mother abandoned her. Now, this daughter looks back with her foster mothers on how it all unfolded, and why they mattered so much in her life. What happens to a child when their mother — their only anchor — abandons them? And how do you learn to live with that feeling of abandonment?

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Type: Short Documentary
Theme: Coming of Age, Family & Friendship, Identity

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