Suzanne, Suzanne

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    Finding Christa
    Coral Gables Art Cinema Fri, Mar 17, 2023 6:30 PM
    This documentary explores the feelings surrounding the reunion of a young woman with her natural mother 20 years after being given up for adoption. Preceded by the short film Suzanne, Suzanne.
    Film Info
    Country:U.S.
    Release Year:1982
    Runtime:25
    Director:Camille Billops
    James Hatch
    Rating:Not Rated
    Language:English
    Format:Digital

    Description

    This short film will precede all screenings of Finding Christa. Learn more here.

    This poignant documentary profiles a young Black woman—Billops’ niece Suzanne Browning—as she confronts a legacy of physical abuse and its role in her descent into substance abuse. Family remembrances reveal the truth behind her addiction: Suzanne and her mother were victims of domestic abuse at the hands of the family patriarch. Suzanne is compelled to understand her father's violence and her mother's passive complicity, who suffered at her husband's hands as well, as the keys to her own self-destruction. After years of silence, Suzanne and her mother are finally able to share their painful experiences with each other in an intensely moving moment of truth.